Name: Sporosarcina ureae (Beijerinck 1901) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Planosarcina ureae" Beijerinck 1901

Etymology: Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; N.L. gen. fem. n. ureae, of urea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 6473; DSM 2281; IFO 12699; JCM 2577; LMG 17366; NBRC 12699; VKM B-595

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF202057 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Planosarcina ureae" Beijerinck 1901	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Sporosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • See also Kocur and Martinec (1963). Publication: Kocur M, Martinec T. The taxonomic status of Sporosarcina ureae (Beijerinck) Orla-Jensen. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1963; 13:201-209.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

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

Assigned by: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.

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Record number: 781146