Name: "Levispirillum" Pot and Gillis 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Le.vi.spi.ril’lum. L. masc. adj. laevus, left; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Levispirillum, small spiral-shaped bacteria with left-turning helix [probably better: Laevispirillum]

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Levispirill-), le-wi-spi-RIL-lum

Type species: "Levispirillum itersonii" (Giesberger 1936) Pot and Gillis 2005

Original publication: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Levispirillum gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 27-28.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Novispirillum Yoon et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Novispirillum Yoon et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Novispirillum Yoon et al. 2007. Publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Lee SY, Oh TK. Reclassification of Aquaspirillum itersonii and Aquaspirillum peregrinum as Novispirillum itersonii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Insolitispirillum peregrinum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2830-2835.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; NCIMB: 2; NBRC: 2; CCUG: 2; LMG: 2; IFO: 2; ATCC: 2; CIP: 1; DSM: 1; NRRL: 1.

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
    "Levispirillum itersonii" (Giesberger 1936) Pot and Gillis 2005	not validly published	synonym
    "Levispirillum peregrinum" (Pretorius 1963) Pot and Gillis 2005	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Levispirillum gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 27-28.

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Record number: 521856