Genus Tundrisphaera

Name: Tundrisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Tun.dri.sphae’ra. N.L. fem. n. tundra, tundra, a cold treeless region; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a ball, globe sphere; N.L. fem. n. Tundrisphaera, a spherical cell from tundra

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Tundrisphaer-), tun-dri-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Tundrisphaera lichenicola Kulichevskaya et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Detkova EN, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Tundrisphaera lichenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant representative of the family Isosphaeraceae from lichen-dominated tundra soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3583-3589. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Kallscheuer et al. 2025 Kallscheuer N, Carlstedt KL, Hammer J, Haufschild T, Benndorf R, de Beer ZW, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C, Jogler C. Tundrisphaera macrotermitis sp. nov., a novel member of the family Isosphaeraceae isolated from the gut of a fungus-growing termite. Sci Rep 2025; 15:39213. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 44. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7140.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 1; JMRC: 1; VKM: 1; CECT: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Tundrisphaera lichenicola Kulichevskaya et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tundrisphaera macrotermitis Kallscheuer et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Isosphaeraceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2016

Assigned by: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Detkova EN, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Tundrisphaera lichenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant representative of the family Isosphaeraceae from lichen-dominated tundra soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3583-3589. 🇷🇺

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