Spirillospora

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Spirillospora Couch 1963, genus.
Type species: ¤ Spirillospora albida Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. dim. n. spirillum, a short spiral; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Spirillospora, an organism with spores in spirals.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [COUCH (N.J.): Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 1963, 79, 53-70.]

Spirillospora albida Couch 1963, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 15331 = DSM 43034 = IFO (now NBRC) 12248 = JCM 3041 = NRRL B-3350 = VKM Ac-926.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D85498.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. albida, whitish.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [COUCH (N.J.): Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 1963, 79, 53-70.]

Spirillospora rubra (ex Schäfer 1973) Vobis and Kothe 1989, sp. nov., nom. rev.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CBS 571.75.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF163123.
Synonym: "Spirillospora rubra" Schäfer 1973.
Etymology: L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; L. fem. adj. rubra, red.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 31. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 495-497. [VOBIS (G.) and KOTHE (H.W.): Genus Spirillospora Couch 1963, 61AL. In: S.T. WILLIAMS, M.E. SHARPE and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 4, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1989, pp. 2543-2545.]
Validation List N° 31 in IJSEM Online