Kineosphaera

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Kineosphaera

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Kineosphaera Liu et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Kineosphaera limosa Liu et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr. n. kinesis, motion; L. fem. n. sphaera, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Kineosphaera, a motile sphere.
Reference: LIU (W.T.), HANADA (S.), MARSH (T.L.), KAMAGATA (Y.) and NAKAMURA (K.): Kineosphaera limosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating coccus isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1845-1849.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Kineosphaera limosa Liu et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Lpha5 = DSM 14548 = JCM 11399 = NBRC 100340.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF109792.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. limosa, muddy, pertaining to sludge, the natural habitat of the species.
Reference: LIU (W.T.), HANADA (S.), MARSH (T.L.), KAMAGATA (Y.) and NAKAMURA (K.): Kineosphaera limosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating coccus isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1845-1849.
Original article in IJSEM Online