Genus Oleispira
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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").
Oleispira Yakimov et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oleispira antarctica Yakimov et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. n. oleum, oil; Gr. fem. n. spira, a spire; N.L. fem. n. Oleispira, an oil-degrading, spiral-shaped organism.
Valid publication: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), GENTILE (G.), CRISAFI (E.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LÜNSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Oleispira antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hydrocarbonoclastic marine bacterium isolated from Antarctic coastal sea water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 779-785.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oleispira antarctica Yakimov et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RB-8 = DSM 14852 = LMG 21398.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ426420.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. antarctica, of the Antarctic, where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), GENTILE (G.), CRISAFI (E.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LUNSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Oleispira antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hydrocarbonoclastic marine bacterium isolated from Antarctic coastal sea water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 779-785.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oleispira lenta Wang et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DFH11 = LMG 24829 = NCIMB 14529.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU980447.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. lenta, slow, referring to a slow, lazy trait.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 147. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2045-2047.
Effective publication: WANG (Y.), YU (M.), AUSTIN (B.) and ZHANG (X.H.): Oleispira lenta sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from Yellow sea coastal water in Qingdao, China. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2012, 101, 787-794.
Validation List no. 147 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online