Name: Lacunisphaera parvula Rast et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: par’vu.la. L. fem. adj. parvula, small, referring to the size of individual cells

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: la-ku-ni-SP^HA͡E-ra PAR-wu-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 26814; IG15; LMG 29468

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16S rRNA gene: KX058881 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

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: 67889