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Genus Rarispira
Name: Rarispira Podosokorskaya et al. 2025
Etymology: Ra.ri.spi’ra. L. masc. adj. rarus, rare; Gr. fem. n. speîra, coil, spire; N.L. fem. n. Rarispira, a rare spiral bacterium
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Rarispir-), ra-ri-SPI-ra
Type species: Rarispira pelagica Podosokorskaya et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Podosokorskaya et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Winmispiraceae Podosokorskaya et al. 2025.
Publication:
Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; VKM: 1.
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🧕 Podosokorskaya et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Winmispiraceae Podosokorskaya et al. 2025.
Publication:
Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Rarispira pelagica Podosokorskaya et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Record number: 64138
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