Name: Planomonospora sphaerica Mertz 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sphae’ri.ca. L. fem. adj. sphaerica, spherical, referring to the presence of spherical bodies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A51460; ATCC 51587; DSM 44632; JCM 9374; NRRL 18923

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB062382 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mertz FP. Planomonospora alba sp. nov. and Planomonospora sphaerica sp. nov., two new species isolated from soil by baiting techniques. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:274-281.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18771 (N = 13).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Planomonospora Thiemann et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mertz FP. Planomonospora alba sp. nov. and Planomonospora sphaerica sp. nov., two new species isolated from soil by baiting techniques. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:274-281.

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