Sphingobacteriia Kämpfer 2012
General information
Name
Sphingobacteriia
Valid publication
2012
Effective publication
2011
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Bacteroidetes.
Sphingobacteriia
Nomenclature type
Sphingobacteriales
Etymology
N.L. neut. n. <i>Sphingobacterium</i>, type genus of the type order; suff. -<i>ia</i>, ending proposed by Gibbons and Murray and by Stackebrandt et al. to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. <i>Sphingobacteriia</i>, the <i>Sphingobacterium</i> class.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The class is defined on the basis of sequence similarities of 16S rRNA gene sequences and comprises morphologically diverse nonsporeforming bacteria that stain Gram-negative. Growth is aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, and a yellow pigmentation is often formed. The class contains one order, Sphingobacteriales. All genera studied for this feature (mainly Sphingobacterium) contain high concentrations of sphingophospholipids as cellular lipid components. DNA G+C content (mol%): 36-49.8.
Subdivision(s)
References
1
Kämpfer, P. Class III. Sphingobacteriia class. nov. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 4 (The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrumicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes) (N.R. Krieg, J.T. Staley, D.R. Brown, B.P. Hedlund, B.J. Paster, N.L. Ward, W. Ludwig, and W.B. Whitman, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2011). p. 330.
2
Validation List No. 143. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2012) 62:1-4.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.039487-0]