Name: Winmispiraceae Podosokorskaya et al. 2025

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Win.mi.spi.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Winmispira, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Winmispiraceae, the Winmispira family

Pronunciation, gender: win-mi-spi-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Winmispira Podosokorskaya et al. 2025

Effective publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sediminispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Pillotinaceae" Margulis and Hinkle 1992	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Marispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Salinispiraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alkalispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Podosokorskaya et al. (2025) assigned this family to the order Winmispirales Podosokorskaya et al. 2025. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
  • 🧒 Podosokorskaya et al. (2025) assigned the genus Rarispira Podosokorskaya et al. 2025 to this family. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
  • 🧒 Podosokorskaya et al. (2025) assigned the genus Winmispira Podosokorskaya et al. 2025 to this family. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980).
  • ❗ Winmispiraceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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