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Megasphaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Negativicutes Marchandin et al. 2010
Order:
Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010
Family:
Veillonellaceae
Rogosa 1971 emend. Marchandin et al. 2010
Genus:
Megasphaera
Rogosa 1971 emend. Marchandin et al. 2003
Species

Megasphaera is a genus of Firmicutes bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.[1] [2]

Phylogeny

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

?Megasphaera hominis

Megasphaera micronuciformis Marchandin et al. 2003

Anaeroglobus geminatus Carlier et al. 2002

Megasphaera elsdenii (Gutierrez et al. 1959) Rogosa 1971

Megasphaera cerevisiae Engelmann and Weiss 1986

Megasphaera paucivorans Juvonen and Suihko 2006

Megasphaera sueciensis Juvonen and Suihko 2006


References

  1. ^ a b See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from J.P. Euzéby. "Negativicutes". Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  2. ^ a b See the NCBI webpage on Negativicutes Data extracted from Sayers; et al. "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2011-06-05. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
  3. ^ See the All-Species Living Tree Project [1]. Data extracted from the "16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Retrieved 2011-11-17.