Megasphaera

Megasphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Negativicutes
Order:	Selenomonadales
Family:	Veillonellaceae
Genus:	Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 emend. Marchandin et al. 2003
Species
?Megasphaera hominis Megasphaera cerevisiae Engelmann and Weiss 1986 Megasphaera elsdenii (Gutierrez et al. 1959) Rogosa 1971 Megasphaera micronuciformis Marchandin et al. 2003 Megasphaera paucivorans Juvonen and Suihko 2006 Megasphaera sueciensis Juvonen and Suihko 2006

Megasphaera is a genus of Firmicutes bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.

This classification has been reexamined. It appears that this genus is a member of the Clostridia.

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 16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 by The All-Species Living Tree Project

?M. hominis ♠

M. micronuciformis Marchandin et al. 2003

Anaeroglobus geminatus Carlier et al. 2002

M. elsdenii (Gutierrez et al. 1959) Rogosa 1971 (type sp.)

M. cerevisiae Engelmann and Weiss 1986

M. paucivorans Juvonen and Suihko 2006

M. sueciensis Juvonen and Suihko 2006

Notes:
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)

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