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Genus "Sphaerocytophaga"
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- Abyssalbus
- Actibacter
- Aegicerativicinus
- Aequorivita
- Aestuariibaculum
- Aestuariicola
- Aestuariimonas
- Aestuariivivens
- "Aggregatimonas"
- Algibacter
- Algitalea
- "Algorimicrobium"
- Allocoenonia
- Allomuricauda
- Allotamlana
- "Altibacter"
- "Altuibacter"
- Amniculibacterium
- "Candidatus Amoebinatus"
- Antarcticibacterium
- Antarcticimonas
- [Antarcticum]
- Aquaticitalea
- Aquibacter
- Aquimarina
- Arcticiflavibacter
- "Candidatus Arcticimaribacter"
- Arenibacter
- Arenitalea
- "Ascidiaceibacter"
- Ascidiimonas
- Asprobacillus
- Aurantiacicella
- Aurantibacter
- Aurantivirga
- Aureibaculum
- Aureicoccus
- "Aureimarina"
- Aureisphaera
- Aureitalea
- Aureivirga
- Autumnicola
- "Avrilella"
- Bizionia
- Capnocytophaga
- Cellulophaga
- Changchengzhania
- Christiangramia
- "Citreibacter"
- Citreitalea
- "Coccinimonas"
- Cochleicola
- Coenonia
- Cognatitamlana
- Confluentibacter
- Constantimarinum
- "Coraliitalea"
- Corallibacter
- Costertonia
- Croceibacter
- "Croceimarina"
- Croceitalea
- Croceivirga
- Daejeonia
- Dokdonia
- Donghaeana
- "Candidatus Endobryopsis"
- Eudoraea
- Euzebyella
- Faecalibacter
- "Feifantangia"
- Flagellimonas
- Flavicella
- Flavihalobacter
- Flavimarina
- Flaviramulus
- Flavirhabdus
- Flavivirga
- Flavobacterium
- Formosa
- Frondibacter
- [Fucobacter]
- Fulvibacter
- Gaetbulibacter
- Gaetbulimicrobium
- Galbibacter
- Gangjinia
- Gelatiniphilus
- Gelidibacter
- Geojedonia
- Gillisia
- Gilvibacter
- Gilvirhabdus
- Gramella
- "Candidatus Haematobacterium" corrig.
- "Haloanella"
- Haloflavibacter
- "Halomarinibacterium"
- Hanstruepera
- "Candidatus Hemobacterium"
- Hoppeia
- Hwangdonia
- Hyunsoonleella
- Ichthyenterobacterium
- Imtechella
- Jejudonia
- Jejuia
- Joostella
- Kordia
- Kriegella
- Krokinobacter
- Lacinutrix
- Leeuwenhoekiella
- "Lentiprolixibacter"
- Leptobacterium
- Litoribaculum
- Lutaonella
- Luteirhabdus
- Lutibacter
- Lutimonas
- Mangrovimonas
- Maribacter
- "Candidatus Maricapacicella"
- Mariniflexile
- Marinirhabdus
- "Marinitalea"
- Marinivirga
- Maripseudobacter
- "Candidatus Marisimplicoccus"
- Maritimimonas
- "Candidatus Marivariicella"
- Marixanthomonas
- Marixanthotalea
- "Meishania"
- Meridianimaribacter
- Mesoflavibacter
- Mesohalobacter
- Mesonia
- Microcosmobacter
- Muricauda
- Muriicola
- Myroides
- Namhaeicola
- "Candidatus Neoflavobacterium"
- Neotamlana
- Neptunitalea
- Nonlabens
- Oceanihabitans
- "Ochrovirga"
- Olleya
- Paenimyroides
- Paramesonia
- Pareuzebyella
- Patiriisocius
- Paucihalobacter
- Pelagihabitans
- Persicivirga
- Pibocella
- Planktosalinus
- Polaribacter
- Pontimicrobium
- Pontirhabdus
- Poritiphilus
- Postechiella
- "Prasinibacter"
- Pricia
- "Candidatus Prosiliicoccus"
- Pseudalgibacter
- Pseudobizionia
- Pseudofulvibacter
- Pseudotamlana
- Pseudotenacibaculum
- Pseudozobellia
- Psychroflexus
- Psychroserpens
- Pukyongia
- Pustulibacterium
- Rasiella
- Robertkochia
- Robiginitalea
- Sabulilitoribacter
- Salegentibacter
- Salinimicrobium
- Sandarakinotalea
- Saonia
- Sediminibacter
- Sediminicola
- Seonamhaeicola
- Siansivirga
- Sinomicrobium
- Snuella
- Spodiobacter
- Spongiibacterium
- Spongiiferula
- Spongiimicrobium
- Spongiivirga
- "Spongitalea"
- Stanierella
- Stenothermobacter
- Subsaxibacter
- Subsaximicrobium
- "Sufflavibacter"
- Sungkyunkwania
- Taeania
- Tamlana
- Tenacibaculum
- Thalassobellus
- Thermobacterium
- Ulvibacter
- Ulvibacterium
- Urechidicola
- "Vaginella"
- "Vesiculatum"
- Vitellibacter
- Wangia
- Wenyingzhuangia
- Winogradskyella
- Wocania
- Xanthomarina
- Yeosuana
- Zeaxanthinibacter
- Zhouia
- Zobellia
- Zunongwangia corrig.
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Name: "Sphaerocytophaga" Gräf 1961
Gender: feminine (stem: Sphaerocytophag-)
Original publication: Gräf W. Anaerobe Myxobakterien, neue Mikroben in der menschlichen Mundhöhle. Arch. Hyg., Berl. 1961; 145:405-459.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧍 See also Graf and Schmitt (1979).
Publication:
Graf W, Schmitt J. [Aquatic myxobacteria (Sporocytophaga cauliformis) and the order "Myxobacterales" (author's transl)]. Zentralbl Bakteriol B 1979; 169:240-252.
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.
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🧍 See also Graf and Schmitt (1979).
Publication:
Graf W, Schmitt J. [Aquatic myxobacteria (Sporocytophaga cauliformis) and the order "Myxobacterales" (author's transl)]. Zentralbl Bakteriol B 1979; 169:240-252.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Sphaerocytophaga filiformis" Gräf 1961 not validly published preferred name "Sphaerocytophaga fusiformis" Gräf 1961 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992
Assigned by:
Kalayoglu MV, Byrne GI. The Genus Chlamydia—Medical. In: Dworkin M, Falkow S, Rosenberg E, Schleifer K-H, Stackebrandt E (eds), The Prokaryotes. A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria. Third Edition. Volume 1: Symbiotic Associations, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, Springer, New York, 2006, p. 741-754. 
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Record number: 43209
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