Name: Oceanospirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.ce.a.no.spi.ril.lum. Gr. masc. n. Ôkeanos, ocean; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Oceanospirillum, a small spiral (organism) from the ocean (seawater)

Gender: neuter (stem: Oceanospirill-)

Type species: Oceanospirillum linum (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Pot et al. 1989 Pot B, Gillis M, Hoste B, Van De Velde A, Bekaert F, Kersters K, De Ley J. Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Oceanospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:23-34.
  • Satomi et al. 2002 Satomi M, Kimura B, Hamada T, Harayama S, Fujii T. Phylogenetic study of the genus Oceanospirillum based on 16S rRNA and gyrB genes: emended description of the genus Oceanospirillum, description of Pseudospirillum gen. nov., Oceanobacter gen. nov. and Terasakiella gen. nov. and transfer of Oceanospirillum jannaschii and Pseudomonas stanieri to Marinobacterium as Marinobacterium jannaschii comb. nov. and Marinobacterium stanieri comb. no. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:739-747. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VIII. Oceanospirillales ord. 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. 270.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VIII. Oceanospirillales ord. 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. 270.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Spirillum" Hassall 1845. Publication: Williams MA, Rittenberg SC. A taxonomic study of the genus Spirillum Ehrenberg. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1957; 7:49-112.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oceanospidlum"; "Oceanospinllum"; "Oceanospirilliirn"; "Oceanospirillium"; "Oceanospirilltim"; "Oceanospirilluni"; "Oceanospiritum"; "Ocenaospirillum".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 13; ATCC: 12; NBRC: 12; DSM: 11; IFO: 10; JCM: 4; NCIMB: 3; KCTC: 3; VKM: 1; CCUG: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "OCSP" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oceanospirillum beijerinckii (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanospirillum commune (Baumann et al. 1972) Bowditch et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanospirillum hiroshimense (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanospirillum jannaschii Bowditch et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanospirillum japonicum (Watanabe 1959) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanospirillum kriegii Bowditch et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanospirillum linum (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanospirillum maris Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanospirillum minutulum (Watanabe 1959) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanospirillum multiglobuliferum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Oceanospirillum nioense" Krishna et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Oceanospirillum pelagicum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanospirillum pusillum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanospirillum sanctuarii Sidhu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Oceanospirillum sediminis" Zhao et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Oceanospirillum vagum (Baumann et al. 1972) Bowditch et al. 1984	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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