Saccharospirillum

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

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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").

Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Saccharospirillum impatiens Labrenz et al. 2003.
Etymology: Gr. n. sakkharos, sugar; Gr. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. n. Saccharospirillum, a small spiral that catabolizes sugars.
Reference: LABRENZ (M.), LAWSON (P.A.), TINDALL (B.J.), COLLINS (M.D.) and HIRSCH (P.): Saccharospirillum impatiens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel γ-Proteobacterium isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake (East Antarctica). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 653-660.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The gender of the genus name Saccharospirillum is not given in the paper by Labrenz et al. 2003. According to Rule 65(2), Saccharospirillum is in the neuter gender.

Further concise information (in French)

---> Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003 emend. Choi et al. 2011.
Type species: ¤ Saccharospirillum impatiens Labrenz et al. 2003.
Etymology: Gr. n. sakkharos, sugar; Gr. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. n. Saccharospirillum, a small spiral that catabolizes sugars.
Reference: CHOI (A.), OH (H.M.) and CHO (J.C.): Saccharospirillum aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Saccharospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 487-492.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Saccharospirillum aestuarii Choi et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain IMCC4453 = KCCM 42930 = KCTC 22684 = NBRC 105825.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: GQ250189.
Etymology: L. gen. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat.
Reference: CHOI (A.), OH (H.M.) and CHO (J.C.): Saccharospirillum aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Saccharospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 487-492.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Saccharospirillum impatiens Labrenz et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain EL-105 = CECT 5721 = DSM 12546.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ315983.
Etymology: L. adj. impatiens, unable to tolerate (antibiotics).
Reference: LABRENZ (M.), LAWSON (P.A.), TINDALL (B.J.), COLLINS (M.D.) and HIRSCH (P.): Saccharospirillum impatiens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel γ-Proteobacterium isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake (East Antarctica). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 653-660.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Saccharospirillum salsuginis Chen et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YIM-Y25 = CCTCC AA 207033 = KCTC 22169.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF177670.
Etymology: L. n. salsugo -inis, brine; L. gen. fem. n. salsuginis, of/from brine.
Reference: CHEN (Y.G.), CUI (X.L.), LI (Q.Y.), WANG (Y.X.), TANG (S.K.), LIU (Z.X.), WEN (M.L.), PENG (Q.) and XU (L.H.): Saccharospirillum salsuginis sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from a subterranean brine. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1382-1386.
Original article in IJSEM Online