Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7644

Name

Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
suborder	Frankineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Lee 2013

Members

genus	Microsphaera Yoshimi et al. 1996

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Actinobacteria (sic) Goodfellow 2021 non Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997
class Actinomycetes Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)
order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Salam et al. 2020
suborder Frankineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Lee 2013
family Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the family Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7644.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7644.xml


This information was last reviewed on November 8, 2019.

References

Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:479-491. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-2-479.