Name: Anaerosphaera aminiphila Ueki et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.mi.ni’phi.la. N.L. fem. n. amina, amine; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. aminiphila, amino acid-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: an-a-e-ro-SP^HA͡E-ra a-mi-NI-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 21120; JCM 15094; WN036

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16S rRNA gene: AB298735 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ueki A, Abe K, Suzuki D, Kaku N, Watanabe K, Ueki K. Anaerosphaera aminiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutamate-degrading, Gram-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3161-3167. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerosphaera Ueki et al. 2009. Publication: Ueki A, Abe K, Suzuki D, Kaku N, Watanabe K, Ueki K. Anaerosphaera aminiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutamate-degrading, Gram-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3161-3167. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Anaerosphaera Ueki et al. 2009

Assigned by: Ueki A, Abe K, Suzuki D, Kaku N, Watanabe K, Ueki K. Anaerosphaera aminiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutamate-degrading, Gram-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3161-3167. 🇯🇵

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