Effective publication:
Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Emendations:
Yoon et al. 2001
Yoon JH, Lee KC, Weiss N, Kho YH, Kang KH, Park YH. Sporosarcina aquimarina sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from seawater in Korea, and transfer of Bacillus globisporus (Larkin and Stokes 1967), Bacillus psychrophilus (Nakamura 1984) and Bacillus pasteurii (Chester 1898) to the genus Sporosarcina as Sporosarcina globispora comb. nov., Sporosarcina psychrophila comb. nov. and Sporosarcina pasteurii comb. nov., and emended description of th. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1079-1086.
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 4 new species in the genus.
😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
Gupta and Patel 2020
Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
Yang et al. 2024
Yang AI, Kim B, Joe SH, Joe HI, Choe H, Kim KH, Jun MO, Shin NR. Sporosarcina jeotgali sp. nov., Sporosarcina oncorhynchi sp. nov., and Sporosarcina trichiuri sp. nov., Isolated from Jeotgal, a Traditional Korean Fermented Seafood. J Microbiol 2024; 62:285-296.
Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 41. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6561. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
Notes:
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Planococcaceae Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class 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. 19-20.
🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Sporosarcineae".Publication:
Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Planosarcina].Publication:
Beijerinck MW. Anhäufungsversuche mit Ureumbakterien. Ureumspaltung durch Urease und Katabolismus. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1901; 7:33-61.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sparosarcina"; "Sporosacrina"; "Sporosarclno"; "Sporoscarcina"; "Sporosorcina"; "Sporosurcina"; "Sprorosarcina".
💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Reddy et al. (2013). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01613 (N = 10).
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 21; JCM: 16; NRRL: 8; LMG: 7; NCTC: 6; ATCC: 6; CCUG: 5; NBRC: 5; KCTC: 5; CIP: 4.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SOSR" 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: 22 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 25 Total number of child taxa: 35