Name: "Cellulosispirillum" Sorokin et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cel.lu.lo.si.spi.ril’lum. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. fem. n. speîra, spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Cellulosispirillum, a spirillum utilizing cellulose

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Cellulosispirill-), kel-lu-lo-si-spi-RIL-lum

Type species: "Cellulosispirillum alkaliphilum" Sorokin et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Khizhniak TV. Cellulosispirillum alkaliphilum, gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic cellulotrophic member of the phylum Fibrobacterota from soda lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126623.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UQM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Cellulosispirillum alkaliphilum" Sorokin et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Chitinispirillaceae Sorokin et al. 2016

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Khizhniak TV. Cellulosispirillum alkaliphilum, gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic cellulotrophic member of the phylum Fibrobacterota from soda lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126623.

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Record number: 65876