Saprospira

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Saprospira Gross 1911, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Saprospiraceae Krieg et al. 2012).
Type species: ¤ Saprospira grandis Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. sapros, rotten, putrid; L. fem. n. spira, a coil, spire, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Saprospira, spiral associated with decaying matter.
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). [GROSS (J.): Über freilebende Spironemaceen. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, 1911, 20, 188-203.]

Saprospira grandis Gross 1911, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 23119 = JCM 21750 = LMG 10407.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M58795.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. grandis, large.
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). [GROSS (J.): Über freilebende Spironemaceen. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, 1911, 20, 188-203.]