Genus "Tardisphaera"

Name: "Tardisphaera" Prokofeva et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tar.di.sphae’ra. L. masc. adj. tardus, slow; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a sphere, a globe; N.L. fem. n. Tardisphaera, a slow-growing spherical organism

Gender: feminine (stem: Tardisphaer-)

Type species: "Tardisphaera miroshnichenkoae" Prokofeva et al. 2025

Original publication: Prokofeva MI, Karaseva AI, Tulenkov AS, Klyukina AA, Suzina NE, Bale NJ, Mets A, Schleper C, Elcheninov AG, Kochetkova TV. Polysaccharide-degrading archaea dominate acidic hot springs: genomic and cultivation insights into a novel Thermoproteota lineage. mSystems 2025; 10:e0071025. 🇷🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: "Tardisphaeraceae" Prokofeva et al. 2025

Assigned by: Prokofeva MI, Karaseva AI, Tulenkov AS, Klyukina AA, Suzina NE, Bale NJ, Mets A, Schleper C, Elcheninov AG, Kochetkova TV. Polysaccharide-degrading archaea dominate acidic hot springs: genomic and cultivation insights into a novel Thermoproteota lineage. mSystems 2025; 10:e0071025. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 67571
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