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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21120; JCM 15094; WN036

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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