Sporichthya

Sporichthya
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria Stackebrant et al. 1997
Subclass: Actinobacteridae
Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
Order: Actinomycetales
Buchanan 1917 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
Suborder: Frankineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
Family: Sporichthyaceae Rainey et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
Species: Sporichthya Lechevalier et al. 1968
Species
  • Sporichthya brevicatena Tamura et al. 1999
  • Sporichthya polymorpha Lechevalier et al. 1968

Sporichthya is the only genus in the family Sporichthyaceae, which initself is a part of the highly polyphyletic suborder Frankineae.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[2] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by The All-Species Living Tree Project [3]



S. brevicatena Tamura et al. 1999



S. polymorpha Lechevalier et al. 1968



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