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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 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