Name: Sphaerobacter Demharter et al. 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphae.ro.bac.ter. Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Sphaerobacter, spherical rod (!), probably intended to mean spherical bacterium

Gender: masculine (stem: Sphaerobacter-)

Type species: Sphaerobacter thermophilus Demharter et al. 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Demharter W, Hensel R, Smida J, Stackebrandt E. Sphaerobacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. A deeply rooting member of the actinomycetes subdivision isolated from thermophilically treated sewage sludge. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 11:261-266.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Sphaerobacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Sphaerobacterales Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • Nomenclatural type of the suborder "Sphaerobacterineae" Garrity et al. 2003. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn TG. Taxonomic Outline of the Procaryotes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Release 4.0. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Spluurobacter".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCCM: 1; DSM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SPBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sphaerobacter thermophilus Demharter et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphaerobacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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