Genus Marispirillum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Marispirillum Lai et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Marispirillum indicum Lai et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. n. mare, the sea; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum (from L. fem. n. spira, spiral), a small spiral; N.L. neut. n. Marispirillum, a small spiral of the sea.
Valid publication: LAI (Q.), YUAN (J.), GU (L.) and SHAO (Z.): Marispirillum indicum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea environment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1278-1281.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Marispirillum indicum Lai et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B142 = CCTCC AB 208225 = LMG 24627 = MCCC 1A01235.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU642410.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. indicum, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean, where the strain was isolated.
Valid publication: LAI (Q.), YUAN (J.), GU (L.) and SHAO (Z.): Marispirillum indicum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea environment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1278-1281.
Original article in IJSEM Online