Name: Pseudospirillum Satomi et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. neut. dim. n. Spirillum, genus of spiral-shaped bacteria; N.L. neut. dim. n. Pseudospirillum, false Spirillum

Gender: neuter (stem: Pseudospirill-)

Type species: Pseudospirillum japonicum (Watanabe 1959) Satomi et al. 2002

Valid publication: 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.

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Allopseudospirillum Molinari Novoa and Oren 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allopseudospirillum Molinari Novoa and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Allopseudospirillum Molinari Novoa and Oren 2023. Publication: Molinari Novoa EA, Oren A. Proposal of Allopseudospirillum gen. nov. as a replacement name for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic name Pseudospirillum Satomi et al. 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6129.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pseudaspirillum".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 1; IFO: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 🧍 Pseudospirillum Satomi et al. 2002 is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of Pseudospirillum Alexeieff 1917 (a genus of protists). Publication: Molinari Novoa EA, Oren A. Proposal of Allopseudospirillum gen. nov. as a replacement name for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic name Pseudospirillum Satomi et al. 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6129.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudospirillum japonicum (Watanabe 1959) Satomi et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

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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