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
Genus: 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 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 [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 (type sp.)



References

  1. ↑ J.P. Euzéby. "Sporichthya". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) . Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  2. ↑ Sayers et al. "Sporichthya". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database . Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  3. ↑ All-Species Living Tree Project."16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 (full tree)". Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database . Retrieved 2011-11-17.