Species "Lacunisphaera anatis"

Name: "Lacunisphaera anatis" Rast et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.na’tis. L. gen. fem. n. anatis, with the ducks, referring to the term ‘duck pond’describing a lake or pond inhabited by ducks

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: la-ku-ni-SP^HA͡E-ra a-NA-tis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: DSM 103142; IG31; LMG 29578

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16S rRNA gene: KX058883 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Rast P, Glockner I, Boedeker C, Jeske O, Wiegand S, Reinhardt R, Schumann P, Rohde M, Spring S, Glockner FO, et al. Three Novel Species with Peptidoglycan Cell Walls form the New Genus Lacunisphaera gen. nov. in the Family Opitutaceae of the Verrucomicrobial Subdivision 4. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:202. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Lacunisphaera Rast et al. 2025

Assigned by: Rast P, Glockner I, Boedeker C, Jeske O, Wiegand S, Reinhardt R, Schumann P, Rohde M, Spring S, Glockner FO, et al. Three Novel Species with Peptidoglycan Cell Walls form the New Genus Lacunisphaera gen. nov. in the Family Opitutaceae of the Verrucomicrobial Subdivision 4. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:202. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 13160