Kineosphaera

Kineosphaera
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Dermatophilaceae
Genus: Kineosphaera
Liu et al. 2002
Type species
Kineosphaera limosa
Liu et al. 2002
Species
  • K. limosa Liu et al. 2002
  • "K. nakaumiensis" Yamada et al. 2013

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