Sphaerotilus Kützing 1833 (Approved Lists 1980)
General information
Name
Sphaerotilus
Valid publication
1980
Effective publication
1883
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Proteobacteria.
Betaproteobacteria.
Burkholderiales.
Sphaerotilus
Nomenclature type
Sphaerotilus natans
Etymology
Gr. n. <i>sphaira</i> (Latin transliteration <i>sphaera</i>), a sphere; Gr. masc. n. <i>tilos</i>, anything plucked, intended to mean flock (in Greek, the noun <i>tila</i> means "flocks or motes floating in the air"); N.L. masc. n. <i>Sphaerotilus</i>, spherical flock.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Emendation
Emendation 1
1: In addition to organoheterotrophic growth, some strains are capable of both mixotrophic growth, with simultaneous utilization of organic substrates and sulfur compounds as electron donors for energy metabolism, and lithoheterotrophic growth using reduced sulfur compounds in energy metabolism. Oxidation of sulfide is accompanied by deposition of sulfur granules within the cells. Able to develop in natural sulfide thermal springs. The temperature range for growth is 10-40°C.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022503010015002 | Sphaerotilus hippei | Species | 744406 |
M022503010015003 | Sphaerotilus montanus | Species | 522889 |
M022503010015001 | Sphaerotilus natans | Species | 34103 |
References
1
Kützing F.T. Beitrag zur Kenntnis uber die Entstehung und Metamorphose der niedern vegetabilischen Organismen, nebst einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der hierher gehorigen niedern Algenformen. Linnaea (1833) 8:335-384, pls. VI-VIII.
2
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). Approved lists of bacterial names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225]
3
Gridneva, E., Chernousova, E., Dubinina, G., Akimov, V., Kuever, J., Detkova, E., Grabovich, M. Taxonomic investigation of representatives of the genus Sphaerotilus: descriptions of Sphaerotilus montanus sp. nov., Sphaerotilus hippei sp. nov., Sphaerotilus natans subsp. natans subsp. nov. and Sphaerotilus natans subsp. sulfidivorans subsp. nov., and an emended description of the genus Sphaerotilus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2011) 61:916-925.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.023887-0]
[PMID:20495027]