Name: Azospirillum Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: A.zo.spi.ril.lum. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; from Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); from Gr. fem. n. zôê, life; from N.Gr. fem. n. azôê, not sustaining life; N.L. pref. azo-, pertaining to nitrogen (in compound words condensed from azotum); Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Azospirillum, a small nitrogen spiral
Gender: neuter (stem: Azospirill-)
Type species: Azospirillum lipoferum (Beijerinck 1925) Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Tarrand JJ, Krieg NR, Dobereiner J. A taxonomic study of the Spirillum lipoferum group, with descriptions of a new genus, Azospirillum gen. nov. and two species, Azospirillum lipoferum (Beijerinck) comb. nov. and Azospirillum brasilense sp. nov. Can J Microbiol 1978; 24:967-980.
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
Name | Kind |
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Conglomeromonas Skerman et al. 1983 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 24
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 26
Total number of child taxa: 35
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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"Azospirillum aestuarii" Xu et al. 2023 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Azospirillum agricola Lin et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum amazonense Magalhães et al. 1984 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Azospirillum argentinense Dos Santos Ferreira et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum baldaniorum Dos Santos Ferreira et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum brasilense corrig. Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum brasiliense Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Azospirillum canadense Mehnaz et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum cavernae Zhu et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum doebereinerae Eckert et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Azospirillum endophyticum" Zhan et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Azospirillum fermentarium Lin et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum formosense Lin et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum griseum Yang et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum halopraeferens Reinhold et al. 1987 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum humicireducens Zhou et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum irakense Khammas et al. 1991 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Azospirillum largimobile corrig. (Skerman et al. 1983) Ben Dekhil et al. 1997 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum largomobile (Skerman et al. 1983) Ben Dekhil et al. 1997 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Azospirillum lipoferum (Beijerinck 1925) Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Azospirillum massiliense" corrig. Pagnier et al. 2008 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Azospirillum massiliensis" Pagnier et al. 2008 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling (and no standing) |
Azospirillum melinis Peng et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Azospirillum oleiclasticum" Wu et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Azospirillum oryzae Xie and Yokota 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Azospirillum palatum" Zhou et al. 2009 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Azospirillum palustre Tikhonova et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum picis Lin et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum ramasamyi Anandham et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum rugosum Young et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum soli Lin et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Azospirillum tabaci" Duan et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Azospirillum thermophilum Zhao et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum thiophilum Lavrinenko et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azospirillum zeae Mehnaz et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Azospirillaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Assigned by:
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.
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