Sphaerobacter

Sphaerobacter is a genus of bacteria. When originally described it was placed in its own subclass (Spahaerobacteridae) within the class Actinomycetota. Subsequently, phylogenetic studies have now placed it in its own order Sphaerobacterales within the phylum Thermomicrobiota.^[1][2] Up to now there is only one species of this genus known (Sphaerobacter thermophilus).^[3] 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.[4]

Sphaerobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Thermomicrobiota
Class:	Thermomicrobia
Order:	Sphaerobacterales Stackebrandt et al. 1997
Suborder:	Sphaerobacterineae Garrity et al. 2003
Family:	Sphaerobacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997
Genus:	Sphaerobacter Demharter et al. 1989
Species:	S. thermophilus
Binomial name
Sphaerobacter thermophilus Demharter et al. 1989

See also

• List of Bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders