Name: "Gastrospirillum" McNulty et al. 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gas.tro.spi.ril’lum. Gr. fem. n. gastêr (gen. gastros), stomach; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Gastrospirillum, a small stomach spiral

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Gastrospirill-), gas-tro-spi-RIL-lum

Type species: "Gastrospirillum hominis" McNulty et al. 1989

Original publication: McNulty CA, Dent JC, Curry A, Uff JS, Ford GA, Gear MW, Wilkinson SP. New spiral bacterium in gastric mucosa. J Clin Pathol 1989; 42:585-591.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ganstrospirillum"; "Gastrospinrllum"; "Gastrospirnllum"; "Giistrospirillum"; "Gnstrospirillum"; "Gustrospirillum".
  • 🧔 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 "GSSP" 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Gastrospirillum hominis" McNulty et al. 1989	not validly published	preferred name
    "Gastrospirillum suis" Mendes et al. 1990	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: McNulty CA, Dent JC, Curry A, Uff JS, Ford GA, Gear MW, Wilkinson SP. New spiral bacterium in gastric mucosa. J Clin Pathol 1989; 42:585-591.

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Record number: 24984