Name: Aestuariispira Park et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Aes.tu.a.ri.i.spi’ra. L. neut. n. aestuarium (gen. aestuarii), tidal flat; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Aestuariispira, a spiral from a tidal flat

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Aestuariispir-), a͡es-tu-a-ri-i-SPI-ra

Type species: Aestuariispira insulae Park et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Park JM, Kang CH, Yoon JH. Aestuariispira insulae gen. nov., sp. nov., a lipolytic bacterium isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1841-1846.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Aestuariispiraceae Hu et al. 2025. Publication: Hu S, Lu K, Wang C, Li M, Huang J, Wang G. Carbonatibacter coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a carbonate-producing and vitamin B(12)-sharing bacterium isolated from coral Porites lutea, reclassification of Kiloniellaceae and proposal of Aestuariispiraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6928.
  • 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Kiloniellaceae Wiese et al. 2009. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • 🧕 Park et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Park S, Park JM, Kang CH, Yoon JH. Aestuariispira insulae gen. nov., sp. nov., a lipolytic bacterium isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1841-1846.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aestnariispira".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; CECT: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aestuariispira ectoiniformans Kang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aestuariispira insulae Park et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Aestuariispiraceae Hu et al. 2025

Assigned by: Hu S, Lu K, Wang C, Li M, Huang J, Wang G. Carbonatibacter coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a carbonate-producing and vitamin B(12)-sharing bacterium isolated from coral Porites lutea, reclassification of Kiloniellaceae and proposal of Aestuariispiraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6928.

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