Name: Sphaerisporangium krabiense Suriyachadkun et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kra.bi.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. krabiense, of or pertaining to Krabi Province, Thailand, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: A-T 0308; BCC 21702; DSM 45790; NBRC 107571

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM037365 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suriyachadkun C, Chunhametha S, Ngaemthao W, Tamura T, Kirtikara K, Sanglier JJ, Kitpreechavanich V. Sphaerisporangium krabiense sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2890-2894.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:476-477.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07099 (N = 10).
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sphaerisporangium corrig. Ara and Kudo 2007

Assigned by: Suriyachadkun C, Chunhametha S, Ngaemthao W, Tamura T, Kirtikara K, Sanglier JJ, Kitpreechavanich V. Sphaerisporangium krabiense sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2890-2894.

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Record number: 789603