Species Singulisphaera acidiphila

Name: Singulisphaera acidiphila Kulichevskaya et al. 2008

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di’phi.la. L. neut. adj. acidum, acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. acidiphila, acid-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sin-gu-li-SP^HA͡E-ra a-ki-DI-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1392; DSM 18658; MOB10; VKM B-2454

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM850678 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AO, Baulina OI, Bodelier PL, Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Singulisphaera acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-filamentous, Isosphaera-like planctomycete from acidic northern wetlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1186-1193. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Scheuner et al. 2014 Scheuner C, Tindall BJ, Lu M, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Cheng JF, Goodwin L, Pitluck S, Huntemann M, Liolios K, et al. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305^T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:10. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 22. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2028-2029.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Singulisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2008. Publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AO, Baulina OI, Bodelier PL, Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Singulisphaera acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-filamentous, Isosphaera-like planctomycete from acidic northern wetlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1186-1193. 🇷🇺
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Singulisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2008

Assigned by: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AO, Baulina OI, Bodelier PL, Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Singulisphaera acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-filamentous, Isosphaera-like planctomycete from acidic northern wetlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1186-1193. 🇷🇺

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