Species S. thermophilus Rank Genus | Phylum Chloroflexi | |
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Order SphaerobacteralesStackebrandt et al., 1997 Suborder SphaerobacterineaeGarrity et al., 2003 Family SphaerobacteraceaeStackebrandt et al., 1997 Similar Rubrobacter, Eobacteria, Caldisericum | ||
Sphaerobacter is a genus of bacteria. When originally described it was placed in its own subclass (Spahaerobacteridae) within the class Actinobacteria. Subsequently, phylogenetic studies have now placed it in its own order Sphaerobacterales within the phylum Chloroflexi. Up to now there is only one species of this genus known (Sphaerobacter thermophilus).
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