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Genus Spirillospora

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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").

For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).

 

Spirillospora Couch 1963, genus.
Type species: ¤ Spirillospora albida Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. dim. n. spirillum, a short spiral; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Spirillospora, an organism with spores in spirals.
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: COUCH (N.J.): Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 1963, 79, 53-70.

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Spirillospora albida Couch 1963, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 15331= DSM 43034 = IFO (now NBRC) 12248 = JCM 3041 = NRRL B-3350 = VKM Ac-926.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D85498.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. albida, whitish.
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: COUCH (N.J.): Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 1963, 79, 53-70.

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Spirillospora rubra (ex Schäfer 1973) Vobis and Kothe 1989, sp. nov., nom. rev.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CBS 571.75.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF163123.
Synonym: "Spirillospora rubra" Schäfer 1973.
Etymology: L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; L. fem. adj. rubra, red.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 31. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 495-497.
Effective publication: VOBIS (G.) and KOTHE (H.W.): Genus Spirillospora Couch 1963, 61AL. In: S.T. WILLIAMS, M.E. SHARPE and J.G. HOLT (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 4, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1989, pp. 2543-2545.
Validation List no. 31 in IJSEM Online

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