Name: Sphaerochaeta associata Troshina et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: as.so.ci.a’ta. N.L. fem. part. adj. associata, united with, occurring together, referring to isolation from binary cultures with M. mazei

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 26261; GLS2; VKM B-2742

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN944166 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Troshina O, Oshurkova V, Suzina N, Machulin A, Ariskina E, Vinokurova N, Kopitsyn D, Novikov A, Shcherbakova V. Sphaerochaeta associata sp. nov., a spherical spirochaete isolated from cultures of Methanosarcina mazei JL01. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4315-4322.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sphaerochaeta Ritalahti et al. 2012

Assigned by: Troshina O, Oshurkova V, Suzina N, Machulin A, Ariskina E, Vinokurova N, Kopitsyn D, Novikov A, Shcherbakova V. Sphaerochaeta associata sp. nov., a spherical spirochaete isolated from cultures of Methanosarcina mazei JL01. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4315-4322.

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Record number: 793618