Name: Oligosphaera ethanolica Qiu et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.tha.no’li.ca. N.L. neut. n. ethanol, ethanol; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. ethanolica, belonging to ethanol, referring to ethanol, which is produced by the species

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 8KG-4; CGMCC 1.5160; DSM 24202; JCM 17152

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB558581 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Qiu YL, Muramatsu M, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Guo RB, Sekiguchi Y. Oligosphaera ethanolica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, carbohydrate-fermenting bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge, and description of Oligosphaeria classis nov. in the phylum Lentisphaerae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:533-539.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oligosphaera Qiu et al. 2013. Publication: Qiu YL, Muramatsu M, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Guo RB, Sekiguchi Y. Oligosphaera ethanolica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, carbohydrate-fermenting bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge, and description of Oligosphaeria classis nov. in the phylum Lentisphaerae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:533-539.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Oligosphaera Qiu et al. 2013

Assigned by: Qiu YL, Muramatsu M, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Guo RB, Sekiguchi Y. Oligosphaera ethanolica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, carbohydrate-fermenting bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge, and description of Oligosphaeria classis nov. in the phylum Lentisphaerae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:533-539.

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