Phycisphaerae Fukunaga et al. 2010
General information
Name
Phycisphaerae
Valid publication
2010
Effective publication
2009
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Planctomycetes.
Phycisphaerae
Nomenclature type
Phycisphaerales
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Phycisphaera</i>, the genus of the class; suff. -<i>ae</i>, ending to denote a class; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Phycisphaerae</i>, the <i>Phycisphaera</i> class.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Equivalent to WPS-1 of the phylum Planctomycetes and is defined by phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences obtained from one cultured representative and a wide range of uncultured bacteria retrieved mainly from marine and soil habitats. Gram-negative. The class comprises the genus Phycisphaera.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
MSG075502 | 'Anaerohalophaeraceae' | Species | |
MSG086127 | 'Fen-1342' | Species | |
MSG086159 | 'JAACET01' | Species | |
MSG075406 | 'PWPN01' | Species | |
MSG084103 | 'Phycisphaerae bacterium ' | Species | |
MSG084090 | 'Phycisphaerae bacterium ' | Species | |
MSG073196 | 'Phycisphaerae bacterium' | Species | |
MSG083803 | 'Phycisphaerae sp.' | Species | |
MSG075527 | 'SBAX01' | Species | |
MSG075380 | 'SM1A02' | Species | |
MSG075373 | 'UBA1845' | Species | |
M02240101 | Phycisphaerales | Order | 666506 |
M02240103 | Sedimentisphaerales | Order | 2483366 |
M02240102 | Tepidisphaerales | Order | 1771349 |
References
1
Fukunaga, Y., Kurahashi, M., Sakiyama, Y., Ohuchi, M., Yokota, A., and Harayama, S. Phycisphaera mikurensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine alga, and proposal of Phycisphaeraceae fam. nov., Phycisphaerales ord. nov. and Phycisphaerae classis nov. in the phylum Planctomycetes. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. (2009) 55:267-275.[DOI:10.2323/jgam.55.267]
[PMID:19700920]
2
Validation List No. 131. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2010) 60:1-2.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.021204-0]