Name: Marinospirillum Satomi et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.ri.no.spi.ril.lum. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Marinospirillum, a small spiral from the sea

Gender: neuter (stem: Marinospirill-)

Type species: Marinospirillum minutulum (Watanabe 1959) Satomi et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Satomi M, Kimura B, Hayashi M, Shouzen Y, Okuzumi M, Fujii T. Marinospirillum gen. nov., with descriptions of Marinospirillum megaterium sp. nov., isolated from kusaya gravy, and transfer of Oceanospirillum minutulum to Marinospirillum minutulum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1341-1348.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Oceanospirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hylemon PB, Wells Jr. JS, Krieg NR, Jannasch HW. The genus Spirillum: A taxonomic study. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:340-380.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Spirillum" Hassall 1845. Publication: Watanabe N. On four new halophilic species of Spirillum. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 1959; 72:77-86.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02494 (N = 8).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 2; CIP: 2; NBRC: 2; KCTC: 1; IFO: 1; CGMCC: 1; NCIMB: 1; MCCC: 1; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Marinospirillum alkaliphilum Zhang et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinospirillum celere Namsaraev et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinospirillum insulare Satomi et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinospirillum megaterium Satomi et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinospirillum minutulum (Watanabe 1959) Satomi et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinospirillum perlucidum Wang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Oceanospirillaceae 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 271.

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