Geminisphaera

Geminisphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Verrucomicrobiota
Class:	Opitutae
Order:	Opitutales
Family:	Opitutaceae
Genus:	Geminisphaera ; Wertz et al. 2018
Type species
	Geminisphaera colitermitum; Wertz et al. 2018
Species
	G. colitermitum;
Synonyms
	"Didymococcus" Wertz et al. 2017 non Blume 1849; "Diplosphaera" Wertz et al. 2012 non Bialosuknia 1909 non Haeckel 1860 non Derville 1931;

Last updated October 17, 2025

Geminisphaera is a genus of bacteria from the family of Opitutaceae with one known species Geminisphaera colitermitum.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 "Genus: Geminisphaera". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
↑ Wertz, John T.; Kim, Eunji; Breznak, John A.; Schmidt, Thomas M.; Rodrigues, Jorge L. M. (March 2012). "Genomic and Physiological Characterization of the Verrucomicrobia Isolate Diplosphaera colitermitum gen. nov., sp. nov., Reveals Microaerophily and Nitrogen Fixation Genes". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78 (5): 1544–1555. Bibcode:2012ApEnM..78.1544W. doi:10.1128/AEM.06466-11. PMC 3294482 . PMID 22194293.

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[Geminisphaera-1] 1 2 "Genus: Geminisphaera". LPSN.DSMZ.de.

[2] Wertz, John T.; Kim, Eunji; Breznak, John A.; Schmidt, Thomas M.; Rodrigues, Jorge L. M. (March 2012). "Genomic and Physiological Characterization of the Verrucomicrobia Isolate Diplosphaera colitermitum gen. nov., sp. nov., Reveals Microaerophily and Nitrogen Fixation Genes". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78 (5): 1544–1555. Bibcode:2012ApEnM..78.1544W. doi:10.1128/AEM.06466-11. PMC 3294482 . PMID 22194293.

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