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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Sporosarcina sphaerica"

Name: "Sporosarcina sphaerica" Gupta and Patel 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sphae’ri.ca. L. fem. adj. sphaerica, spherical

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spo-ro-SAR-ki-na SPHA͡E-ri-ka, feminine

Nomenclatural type: NCTC 11025

Original publication: Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821. 🇨🇦

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Sporosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 13027

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