Name: Niveispirillum Lin et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Notes:
  • Lin et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Cai et al. (2018). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 5; BCRC: 3; CIP: 2; DSM: 2; ATCC: 2; CGMCC: 2; CCUG: 2.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    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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