Kineosphaera is a Gram-positive, strictly aerobic non-spore-forming and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Dermatophilaceae.[1][2][3] Kineosphaera limosa has been isolated from activated sludge from Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan.[4]

Kineosphaera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Dermatophilaceae
Genus: Kineosphaera
Liu et al. 2002[1]
Type species
Kineosphaera limosa
Liu et al. 2002
Species[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Liu, WT; Hanada, S; Marsh, TL; Kamagata, Y; Nakamura, K (September 2002). "Kineosphaera limosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating coccus isolated from activated sludge". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 5): 1845–9. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-5-1845. PMID 12361296.
  2. ^ a b Parte, A.C. "Kineosphaera". LPSN.
  3. ^ Stackebrandt, Erko (14 September 2015). "Kineosphaera". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–3. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00074. ISBN 9781118960608.
  4. ^ "Details: DSM-14548". www.dsmz.de.