Name: Aquaspirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. n. aqua, water; Gr. fem. n. [σπεῖρα] speîra, a spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Aquaspirillum, a small water spiral

Gender: neuter

Type species: Aquaspirillum serpens (Müller 1786) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hylemon PB, Wells Jr. JS, Krieg NR, Jannasch HW. The genus Spirillum: A taxonomic study. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:340-380.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microvirgula Patureau et al. 1998	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Müller OF. Animalcula Infusoria Fluviatilia et Marina, Quae Detexit, Systematice Descripsit et Ad Vivum Delineari Curavit. Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1786.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 20

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquaspirillum anulus (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum aquaticum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum arcticum Butler et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquaspirillum autotrophicum Aragno and Schlegel 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum bengal Kumar et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquaspirillum delicatum (Leifson 1962) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum dispar Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquaspirillum fasciculus Strength et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum giesbergeri (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum gracile (Canale-Parola et al. 1966) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum itersonii (Giesberger 1936) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum Maratea and Blakemore 1981	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum metamorphum (Terasaki 1961) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum polymorphum (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquaspirillum psychrophilum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium (Terasaki 1961) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquaspirillum serpens (Müller 1786) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquaspirillum sinuosum (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquaspirillum soli Moya et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24.

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