Name: Anaerobiospirillum Davis et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: An.a.e.ro.bi.o.spi.ril’lum. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Anaerobiospirillum, anaerobic small spiral

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Anaerobiospirill-), an-a-e-ro-bi-o-spi-RIL-lum

Type species: Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens Davis et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Davis CP, Cleven D, Brown J, Balish E. Anaerobiospirillum, a new genus of spiral-shaped bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:498-504.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Malnick 1997 Malnick H. Anaerobiospirillum thomasii sp. nov., an anaerobic spiral bacterium isolated from the feces of cats and dogs and from diarrheal feces of humans, and emendation of the genus Anaerobiospirillum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:381-384. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Anaerobiospirilhm".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 3; NCTC: 2; DSM: 2; ATCC: 2; LMG: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

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: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Anaerobiospirillum merdipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Anaerobiospirillum pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Anaerobiospirillum pullistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Anaerobiospirillum stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens Davis et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Anaerobiospirillum thomasii Malnick 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Succinivibrionaceae Hippe et al. 1999

Assigned by: Hippe H, Hagelstein A, Kramer I, Swiderski J, Stackebrandt E. Phylogenetic analysis of Formivibrio citricus, Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus, Anaerobiospirillum thomasii, Succinimonas amylolytica and Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens and proposal of Succinivibrionaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:779-782. 🇩🇪

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