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
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 subclass Sphaerobacteridae 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.
🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to 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.
🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the subclass Sphaerobacteridae 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.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spluurobacter".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; KCCM: 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
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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