Genus Saprospira
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Saprospira Gross 1911, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Saprospiraceae Krieg et al. 2012).
Type species: ¤ Saprospira grandis Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. sapros, rotten, putrid; L. fem. n. spira, a coil, spire, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Saprospira, spiral associated with decaying matter.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: GROSS (J.): Über freilebende Spironemaceen. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, 1911, 20, 188-203.
Saprospira grandis Gross 1911, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 23119= JCM 21750 = LMG 10407.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M58795.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. grandis, large.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: GROSS (J.): Über freilebende Spironemaceen. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, 1911, 20, 188-203.