Thermosphaera

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

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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").

Thermosphaera Huber et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermosphaera aggregans Huber et al. 1998.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. fem. n. sphaera, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Thermosphaera, the hot sphere.
Reference: HUBER (R.), DYBA (D.), HUBER (H.), BURGGRAF (S.) and RACHEL (R.): Sulfur-inhibited Thermosphaera aggregans sp. nov., a new genus of hyperthermophilic archaea isolated after its prediction from environmentally derived 16S rRNA sequences. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 31-38.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thermosphaera aggregans Huber et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain M11TL = DSM 11486.
Etymology: L. part. adj. aggregans, attaching one's self to, adhering, referring to the ability of the cells to form grapelike aggregates.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X99556.
Reference: HUBER (R.), DYBA (D.), HUBER (H.), BURGGRAF (S.) and RACHEL (R.): Sulfur-inhibited Thermosphaera aggregans sp. nov., a new genus of hyperthermophilic archaea isolated after its prediction from environmentally derived 16S rRNA sequences. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 31-38.
Original article in IJSEM Online