''Sphaerobacter'' is a genus of bacteria. When originally described it was placed in its own subclass (Spahaerobacteridae) within the class
Actinomycetota
The Actinomycetota (or Actinobacteria) are a diverse phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high GC content. They can be terrestrial or aquatic. They are of great importance to land flora because of their contributions to soil systems. In soil t ...
. Subsequently, phylogenetic studies have now placed it in its own order Sphaerobacterales within the phylum
Thermomicrobiota
The Thermomicrobia is a group of thermophilic green non-sulfur bacteria. Based on species ''Thermomicrobium roseum'' (type species) and ''Sphaerobacter thermophilus'', this bacteria class has the following description:
The class Thermomicrobia ...
. Up to now there is only one species of this genus known (''Sphaerobacter thermophilus'').
The closest related cultivated organism to ''S. thermophilus'' is ''
Thermomicrobium roseum'' with an 87% sequence similarity which indicates that ''S. thermophilus'' is one of the most isolated bacterial species.
See also
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List of Bacteria genera
This article lists the genera of the bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, ...
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List of bacterial orders
This article lists the orders of the Bacteria. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
and the phylogeny is based on 16 ...
References
4. Pati, A., Labutti, K., Pukall, R., Nolan, M., Glavina Del Rio, T., Tice, H., … Lapidus, A. (2010). Complete genome sequence of Sphaerobacter thermophilus type strain (S 6022). ''Standards in genomic sciences'', 2(1), 49–56. doi:10.4056/sigs.601105
Monotypic bacteria genera
Thermophiles
Bacteria
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