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Genus Sporobacterium
Name: Sporobacterium Mechichi et al. 1999
Etymology: Spo.ro.bac.ter’ium. Gr. fem. n. spora, spore; Gr. neut. n. baktron, rod; N.L. neut. n. Sporobacterium, spore-forming rod
Gender: neuter (stem: Sporobacteri-)
Type species: Sporobacterium olearium Mechichi et al. 1999
Valid publication:
Mechichi T, Labat M, Garcia JL, Thomas P, Patel BK. Sporobacterium olearium gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methanethiol-producing bacterium that degrades aromatic compounds, isolated from an olive mill wastewater treatment digester. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1741-1748. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spombacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Sporobacteria".
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Sporobacterium olearium Mechichi et al. 1999 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by: Rainey FA. Family V. Lachnospiraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 921.
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