Name: Sediminispirochaeta Shivani et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Se.di.mi.ni.spi.ro.chae’ta. L. neut. n. sedimen (gen. sedminis), sediment; N.L. fem. n. Spirochaeta, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Sediminispirochaeta, a spirochaete from sediment

Gender: feminine (stem: Sediminispirochaet-)

Type species: Sediminispirochaeta bajacaliforniensis (Fracek and Stolz 2004) Shivani et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shivani Y, Subhash Y, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Description of 'Candidatus Marispirochaeta associata' and reclassification of Spirochaeta bajacaliforniensis, Spirochaeta smaragdinae and Spirochaeta sinaica to a new genus Sediminispirochaeta gen. nov. as Sediminispirochaeta bajacaliforniensis comb. nov., Sediminispirochaeta smaragdinae comb. nov. and Sediminispirochaeta sinaica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5485-5492.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Sediminispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Sediminispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Fracek SPJ, Stolz JF. Spirochaeta bajacaliforniensis sp. n. from a microbial mat community at Laguna Figueroa, Baja California Norte, Mexico. Arch Microbiol 1985; 142:317-325.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sediminispirochaetacea".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sediminispirochaeta bajacaliforniensis (Fracek and Stolz 2004) Shivani et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sediminispirochaeta sinaica (Dubinina et al. 2015) Shivani et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sediminispirochaeta smaragdinae (Magot et al. 1998) Shivani et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shivani Y, Subhash Y, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Description of 'Candidatus Marispirochaeta associata' and reclassification of Spirochaeta bajacaliforniensis, Spirochaeta smaragdinae and Spirochaeta sinaica to a new genus Sediminispirochaeta gen. nov. as Sediminispirochaeta bajacaliforniensis comb. nov., Sediminispirochaeta smaragdinae comb. nov. and Sediminispirochaeta sinaica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5485-5492.

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