Name: "Drepanospira" De Petschenko 1911

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil; N.L. fem. n. Drepanospira

Gender: feminine (stem: Drepanospir-)

Original publication: De Petschenko B. Drepanospira mülleri n. g., n. sp. parasite des parameciums; contribution à l'étude de la structure des bactéries. Arch. f. Protistenkunde 1911; 22:248-298.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family "Chlamydozoaceae" Moshkovski 1945. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Drepanospiia".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DRSP" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 This name was treated in Judicial Opinion 10. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 14. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1954; 4:156-158.

Parent taxon: Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: De Petschenko B. Drepanospira mülleri n. g., n. sp. parasite des parameciums; contribution à l'étude de la structure des bactéries. Arch. f. Protistenkunde 1911; 22:248-298.

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