Name: Tetrasphaera elongata Hanada et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.lon’ga.ta. L. fem. part. adj. elongata, elongated, pertaining to the formation of elongated clumps

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 14184; JCM 11141; Lp2; NBRC 103079

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB030911 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hanada S, Liu WT, Shintani T, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Tetrasphaera elongata sp. nov., a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:883-887.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phycicoccus elongatus (Hanada et al. 2002) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phycicoccus elongatus (Hanada et al. 2002) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Tetrasphaera Maszenan et al. 2000

Assigned by: Hanada S, Liu WT, Shintani T, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Tetrasphaera elongata sp. nov., a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:883-887.

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