Leptospirillum

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Leptospirillum

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Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Leptospirillum (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000.
Synonym: "Leptospirillum" Markosyan 1972.
Etymology: Gr. adj. leptos, thin, narrow, fine; L. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. neut. n. Leptospirillum, a thin spiral.
Reference: HIPPE (H.): Leptospirillum gen. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev., including Leptospirillum ferrooxidans sp. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev. and Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans sp. nov. (Golovacheva et al. 1992). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 501-503.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Leptospirillum ferriphilum Coram and Rawlings 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain P₃a = ATCC 49881 = DSM 14647.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF356829.
Etymology: L. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. neut. adj. philon), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. ferriphilum, iron-loving.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 86. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1075-1076. [CORAM (N.J.) and RAWLINGS (D.E.): Molecular relationship between two groups of the genus Leptospirillum and the finding that Leptospirillum ferriphilum sp. nov. dominates South African commercial biooxidation tanks that operate at 40°C. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2002, 68, 838-845.]
Validation List N° 86 in IJSEM Online (PDF Format) - Effective publication Online

Note: The strain DSM 14647 is cited in the DSMZ online catalogue.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List n° 86 (footnote ‡). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1075-1076.
Validation List N° 86 in IJSEM Online (PDF Format)

Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000, sp. nov., nom. rev. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain L15 = ATCC 29047 = DSM 2705 = VKM B-1339.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X86776.
Synonym: "Leptospirillum ferrooxidans " Markosyan 1972.
Etymology: L. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. v. oxido, to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. ferrooxidans, iron-oxidizing.
Reference: HIPPE (H.): Leptospirillum gen. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev., including Leptospirillum ferrooxidans sp. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev. and Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans sp. nov. (Golovacheva et al. 1992). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 501-503.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans Hippe 2000, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain L-88, maintained in the collection of the Institute of Microbiology (INMI), RAS, Moscow, Russia.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not found.
Synonym: "Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans " Golovacheva et al. 1992.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. v. oxido, to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. thermoferrooxidans, hot iron-oxidizing.
Reference: HIPPE (H.): Leptospirillum gen. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev., including Leptospirillum ferrooxidans sp. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev. and Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans sp. nov. (Golovacheva et al. 1992). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 501-503.
Original article in IJSEM Online