Name: Kineosphaera limosa Liu et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mo’sa. L. fem. adj. limosa, muddy, pertaining to sludge, the natural habitat of the species

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 14548; JCM 11399; Lpha5; NBRC 100340

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB550802 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu WT, Hanada S, Marsh TL, Kamagata Y, 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kineosphaera Liu et al. 2002. Publication: Liu WT, Hanada S, Marsh TL, Kamagata Y, 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Kineosphaera Liu et al. 2002

Assigned by: Liu WT, Hanada S, Marsh TL, Kamagata Y, 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.

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Record number: 777100