Name: Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Her.ba.spi.ril.lum. L. fem. n. herba, an herb, grass, seed-bearing plant that does not produce persistent woody tissue; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, small spiral; from Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil, spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Herbaspirillum, small, spiral-shaped bacteria from herbaceous, seed-bearing plants [probably better: Herbispirillum]

Gender: neuter (stem: Herbaspirill-)

Type species: Herbaspirillum seropedicae Baldani et al. 1986

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baldani JI, Baldani VLD, Seldin L, Döbereiner J. Characterization of Herbaspirillum seropedicae gen. nov., sp. nov., a root-associated nitrogen-fixing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:86-93.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Baldani et al. 1996 Baldani JI, Pot B, Kirchhof G, Falsen E, Baldani VL, Olivares FL, Hoste B, Kersters K, Hartmann A, Gillis M, et al. Emended description of Herbaspirillum; inclusion of [Pseudomonas] rubrisubalbicans, a milk plant pathogen, as Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans comb. nov.; and classification of a group of clinical isolates (EF group 1) as Herbaspirillum species 3. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:802-810. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus. — The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
  • Carro et al. 2012 Carro L, Rivas R, Leon-Barrios M, Gonzalez-Tirante M, Velazquez E, Valverde A. Herbaspirillum canariense sp. nov., Herbaspirillum aurantiacum sp. nov. and Herbaspirillum soli sp. nov., isolated from volcanic mountain soil, and emended description of the genus Herbaspirillum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1300-1306. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2048-2049.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Hemaspirilium"; "Herbaspirillim"; "Herbaspirillium"; "Herbaspirillurn"; "Herbasprillum"; "Herbaspzrzllum"; "Herbuspirillum"; "Herhaspirillum".
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16171 (N = 1).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 17; LMG: 11; JCM: 9; ATCC: 7; CCUG: 7; NBRC: 7; CECT: 4; CIP: 3; KCTC: 3; VKM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HBSP" 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: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 19
Total number of child taxa: 20

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Herbaspirillum aquaticum Dobritsa et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum aurantiacum Carro et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Herbaspirillum autotrophicum (Aragno and Schlegel 1978) Ding and Yokota 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum camelliae Liu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum canariense Carro et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Herbaspirillum chlorophenolicum Im et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum denitrificans Ishii et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Herbaspirillum frisingense Kirchhof et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum hiltneri Rothballer et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum huttiense (Leifson 1962) Ding and Yokota 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum lusitanum Valverde et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum massiliense Lagier et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Herbaspirillum piri Xu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans Bajerski et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Herbaspirillum putei Ding and Yokota 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Herbaspirillum rhizosphaerae Jung et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum robiniae Fan et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans (Christopher and Edgerton 1930) Baldani et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum seropedicae Baldani et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum soli Carro et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Oxalobacteraceae 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. 623.

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