Genus Saccharospirillum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Saccharospirillum impatiens Labrenz et al. 2003.
Etymology: Gr. n. sakkharos, sugar; Gr. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. n. Saccharospirillum, a small spiral that catabolizes sugars.
Valid publication: LABRENZ (M.), LAWSON (P.A.), TINDALL (B.J.), COLLINS (M.D.) and HIRSCH (P.): Saccharospirillum impatiens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel γ-Proteobacterium isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake (East Antarctica). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 653-660.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The gender of the genus name Saccharospirillum is not given in the paper by Labrenz et al. 2003. According to Rule 65(2), Saccharospirillum is in the neuter gender.
→ Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003 emend. Choi et al. 2011.
Reference: CHOI (A.), OH (H.M.) and CHO (J.C.): Saccharospirillum aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Saccharospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 487-492.
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Saccharospirillum aestuarii Choi et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IMCC4453 = KCCM 42930 = KCTC 22684 = NBRC 105825.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ250189.
Etymology: L. gen. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat.
Valid publication: CHOI (A.), OH (H.M.) and CHO (J.C.): Saccharospirillum aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Saccharospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 487-492.
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Saccharospirillum correiae Fidalgo et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CPA1=CECT 9131=LMG 29516.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY310592.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. correiae, of Correia, in honour of Portuguese microbiologist António Correia.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: FIDALGO, C., ROCHA, J., PROENCA, D. N., MORAIS, P. V., ALVES, A. and HENRIQUES, I. 2017. Saccharospirillum correiae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from the halophyte Halimione portulacoides. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2026-2030.
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Saccharospirillum impatiens Labrenz et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EL-105 = CECT 5721 = DSM 12546.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ315983.
Etymology: L. adj. impatiens, unable to tolerate (antibiotics).
Valid publication: LABRENZ (M.), LAWSON (P.A.), TINDALL (B.J.), COLLINS (M.D.) and HIRSCH (P.): Saccharospirillum impatiens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel γ-Proteobacterium isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake (East Antarctica). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 653-660.
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Saccharospirillum mangrovi Zhang et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) HK-33=KCTC 62178=MCCC 1K03440.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MF850374.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: QAPE00000000.
Etymology: N.L. n. mangrovum, mangrove; N.L. gen. n. mangrovi, of a mangrove.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, W., YUAN, Y., SU, D., DING, L., YAN, X., WU, M., EPSTEIN, S. S. and HE, S. 2018. Saccharospirillum mangrovi sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from mangrove sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2813-2818.
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Saccharospirillum salsuginis Chen et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM-Y25 = CCTCC AA 207033 = KCTC 22169.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF177670.
Etymology: L. n. salsugo -inis, brine; L. gen. fem. n. salsuginis, of/from brine.
Valid publication: CHEN (Y.G.), CUI (X.L.), LI (Q.Y.), WANG (Y.X.), TANG (S.K.), LIU (Z.X.), WEN (M.L.), PENG (Q.) and XU (L.H.): Saccharospirillum salsuginis sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from a subterranean brine. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1382-1386.
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