Name: Niveispirillum Lin et al. 2014
Etymology: Ni.ve.i.spi.ril’lum. L. masc. adj. niveus, snow-white; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Niveispirillum, snow-white spiral
Gender: neuter (stem: Niveispirill-)
Type species: Niveispirillum fermenti Lin et al. 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Lin SY, Hameed A, Shen FT, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Shahina M, Lai WA, Young CC. Description of Niveispirillum fermenti gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a fermentor in Taiwan, transfer of Azospirillum irakense (1989) as Niveispirillum irakense comb. nov., and reclassification of Azospirillum amazonense (1983) as Nitrospirillum amazonense gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:1149-1162.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Niveispirillum cyanobacteriorum Cai et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Niveispirillum fermenti Lin et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Niveispirillum irakense (Khammas et al. 1991) Hördt et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Niveispirillum irakense" (Khammas et al. 1991) Lin et al. 2014 | not validly published | |
Niveispirillum lacus Cai et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Azospirillaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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