Genus Oceanispirochaeta
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Oceanispirochaeta Subhash and Lee 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oceanispirochaeta litoralis Subhash and Lee 2017.
Etymology: L. masc. n. oceanus, the ocean; N.L. fem. n. Spirochaeta, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Oceanispirochaeta, a spirochete from the ocean.
Valid publication: SUBHASH, Y. and LEE, S. S. 2017. Description of Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediments, and reclassification of Spirochaeta litoralis as Oceanispirochaeta litoralis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3403-3409.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oceanispirochaeta litoralis Subhash and Lee 2017, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R1=ATCC 27000=DSM 2029.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR733665.
Basonym: ¤ Spirochaeta litoralis Canale-Parola 1980.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the sea-shore.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SUBHASH, Y. and LEE, S. S. 2017. Description of Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediments, and reclassification of Spirochaeta litoralis as Oceanispirochaeta litoralis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3403-3409.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola Subhash and Lee 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SY2=KEMB 3001-381=DSM 104770=KCTC 15593.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LT821384.
Etymology: L. n. sedimen -inis, sediment; L. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. fem. n. sediminicola, an inhabitant of the sediment.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SUBHASH, Y. and LEE, S. S. 2017. Description of Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediments, and reclassification of Spirochaeta litoralis as Oceanispirochaeta litoralis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3403-3409.
Original article in IJSEM Online