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Genus Terasakiispira

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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").

 

Terasakiispira Zepeda et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis Zepeda et al. 2015.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Terasakiispira named to honour Yasuke Terasaki, a Japanese microbiologist, for his contributions to the study of spiral-shaped bacteria; L. fem. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Terasakiispira, Terasaki's spiral.
Valid publication: ZEPEDA, V. K., BUSSE, H. J., GOLKE, J., SAW, J. H., ALAM, M. and DONACHIE, S. P. 2015. Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3609-3617.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis Zepeda et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PH27A=ATCC BAA-995=DSM 16455=DSM 23961.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF513467.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. papahanaumokuakeensis, derived from Papaha¯naumokua¯kea, the Marine National Monument within which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZEPEDA, V. K., BUSSE, H. J., GOLKE, J., SAW, J. H., ALAM, M. and DONACHIE, S. P. 2015. Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3609-3617.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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