Name: Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sac.cha.ro.spi.ril’lum. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Saccharospirillum, a small spiral that catabolizes sugars

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Saccharospirill-), sak-k^ha-ro-spi-RIL-lum

Type species: Saccharospirillum impatiens Labrenz et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labrenz M, Lawson PA, Tindall BJ, Collins MD, Hirsch P. Saccharospirillum impatiens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gamma-Proteobacterium isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake (East Antarctica). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:653-660. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Choi et al. 2011 Choi A, Oh HM, Cho JC. Saccharospirillum aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Saccharospirillum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:487-492. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Saccharospirillaceae Kevbrin et al. 2020. Publication: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Park M, Cho JC. Natronospirillum operosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic satellite isolated from decaying biomass of a laboratory culture of cyanobacterium Geitlerinema sp. and proposal of Natronospirillaceae fam. nov., Saccharospirillaceae fam. nov. and Gynuellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:511-521. 🇷🇺
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Saccharospirillaceae" Garrity et al. 2003. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn TG. Taxonomic Outline of the Procaryotes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Release 4.0. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Natronospirillaceae Kevbrin et al. 2020. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 4; CCTCC: 2; DSM: 2; CECT: 2; MCCC: 1; NBRC: 1; KCCM: 1; LMG: 1.
  • 🧍 The gender of the genus name Saccharospirillum is not given in the paper by Labrenz et al. 2003. According to Rule 65(2), Saccharospirillum is in the neuter gender. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585. 🇮🇱

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Saccharospirillum aestuarii Choi et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharospirillum alexandrii Yang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharospirillum correiae Fidalgo et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharospirillum impatiens Labrenz et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharospirillum mangrovi Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharospirillum salsuginis Chen et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Saccharospirillaceae Kevbrin et al. 2020

Assigned by: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Park M, Cho JC. Natronospirillum operosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic satellite isolated from decaying biomass of a laboratory culture of cyanobacterium Geitlerinema sp. and proposal of Natronospirillaceae fam. nov., Saccharospirillaceae fam. nov. and Gynuellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:511-521. 🇷🇺

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