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Name: Oceanispirochaeta Subhash and Lee 2017

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: O.ce.a.ni.spi.ro.chae’ta. L. masc. n. oceanus, the ocean; N.L. fem. n. Spirochaeta, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Oceanispirochaeta, a spirochete from the ocean

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Oceanispirochaet-), o-ke-a-ni-spi-ro-KHA͡E-ta

Type species: Oceanispirochaeta litoralis (Canale-Parola 1980 ex Hespell and Canale-Parola 1970) Subhash and Lee 2017

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Subhash Y, Lee SS. Description of Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediments, and reclassification of Spirochaeta litoralis as Oceanispirochaeta litoralis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3403-3409. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

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 Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Canale-Parola E. Revival of the names Spirochaeta litoralis, Spirochaeta zuelzerae, and Spirochaeta aurantia. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:594.
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oceanospirochaeta".
    • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; KEMB: 1; ATCC: 1; VKM: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Subhash Y, Lee SS. Description of Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediments, and reclassification of Spirochaeta litoralis as Oceanispirochaeta litoralis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3403-3409. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 519251