Name: Saprospira Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. sapros, rotten, putrid; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil, spire, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Saprospira, spiral associated with decaying matter

Gender: feminine (stem: Saprospir-)

Type species: Saprospira grandis Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gross J. Über freilebende Spironemaceen. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 1911; 20:188-203.

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

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Saprospiraceae Krieg et al. 2012. Publication: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB. Family III. Saprospiraceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 358.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Saprospirales Hahnke et al. 2017. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Sapmspira"; "Sapraspira"; "Saprosplira"; "Sapvospiva"; "Snprospira"; "Soprospira"; "Suprospira".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 1; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SASP" 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Saprospira grandis Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Saprospira nana" Gross 1911	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Saprospira toviformis" Lewin 1969	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Saprospiraceae Krieg et al. 2012

Assigned by: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB. Family III. Saprospiraceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 358.

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