Name: Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis Anders et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nga.ta.ma.ri.ki.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. ngatamarikiensis, pertaining to the Ngatamariki geothermal features where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 27329; ICMP 20182; NGM72.4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF947551 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anders H, Power JF, MacKenzie AD, Lagutin K, Vyssotski M, Hanssen E, Moreau JW, Stott MB. Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, pink-pigmented coccus isolated from subaqueous mud of a geothermal hotspring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1114-1121.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Limisphaera Anders et al. 2015. Publication: Anders H, Power JF, MacKenzie AD, Lagutin K, Vyssotski M, Hanssen E, Moreau JW, Stott MB. Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, pink-pigmented coccus isolated from subaqueous mud of a geothermal hotspring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1114-1121.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Limisphaera Anders et al. 2015

Assigned by: Anders H, Power JF, MacKenzie AD, Lagutin K, Vyssotski M, Hanssen E, Moreau JW, Stott MB. Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, pink-pigmented coccus isolated from subaqueous mud of a geothermal hotspring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1114-1121.

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Record number: 792721