Genus Caenispirillum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Caenispirillum Yoon et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Caenispirillum bisanense Yoon et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. n. caenum, sludge, mud; L. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. n. Caenispirillum, a small spiral isolated from sludge.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), PARK (S.) and OH (T.K.): Caenispirillum bisanense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sludge of a dye works. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1217-1221.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caenispirillum bisanense Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K92 = JCM 14346 = KCTC 12839.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF100694.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. bisanense, of Bisan, Daegu, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), PARK (S.) and OH (T.K.): Caenispirillum bisanense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sludge of a dye works. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1217-1221.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caenispirillum deserti Divyasree et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JC232=KCTC 42064=NBRC 110150.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG974543.
Etymology: L. gen. n. deserti, of a desert.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: DIVYASREE, B., LAKSHMI, K. V. N. S., BHARTI, D., SASIKALA, Ch. and RAMANA Ch, V. 2015. Caenispirillum deserti sp. nov., a spheroplast-forming bacterium isolated from a salt desert. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3119-3124.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caenispirillum salinarum Ritika et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AK4 = JCM 17360 = MTCC 10963.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN995238.
Etymology: L. pl. n. salinae, saltpits, saltworks; L. gen. pl. n. salinarum, of saltworks, from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: RITIKA (C.), SURESH (K.) and ANIL KUMAR (P.): Caenispirillum salinarum sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1698-1702.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The epithet salinarum is a Latin genitive plural noun, not a neo-Latin genitive plural noun as cited in the paper by Ritika et al. 2012.