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: neuter (stem: Gastrospirill-)

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 (not correct name)
    "Gastrospirillum suis" Mendes et al. 1990	not validly published	preferred name (not correct 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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