Name: "Flexispira" Bryner 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Flexispira

Gender: feminine (stem: Flexispir-)

Type species: "Flexispira rappini" Bryner 1987

Original publication: Bryner JH. Flexispira rappini, gen. nov., sp. nov. A motile, urease-producing rod similar to Campylobacter pyloridis. In: Kaijser B, Falsen E (eds), Proceedings of the fourth international workshop on Campylobacter infections, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, 1987, p. 440-442.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Helicobacter Goodwin et al. 1989. Publication: Taylor NS, Fox JG, Yan L. In-vitro hepatotoxic factor in Helicobacter hepaticus, H. pylori and other Helicobacter species. J Med Microbiol 1995; 42:48-52.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ffexispira"; "Fiexispira"; "Flaispira"; "Flexspira".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 2 and 4 September 2001, Freiburg, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2339-2341.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SL. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 13 and 16 September 1999, Baltimore, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1401-1403.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FXSP" 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.

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
    "Flexispira rappini" Bryner 1987	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Helicobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Helicobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1168.

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