Subclass Sphaerobacteridae

Name: Sphaerobacteridae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Category: Subclass

Proposed as: subclass. nov.

Etymology: Sphae.ro.bac.te’ri.dae. N.L. masc. n. Sphaerobacter, type genus of the subclass; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -idae, ending to denote a subclass; N.L. fem. pl. n. Sphaerobacteridae, the Sphaerobacter subclass

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spha͡e-ro-bak-TE-ri-da͡e, feminine

Type genus: Sphaerobacter Demharter et al. 1989

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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Record number: 6001

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