Name: Spiribacter León et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Spi.ri.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Spiribacter, spiral rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Spiribacter-), spi-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: Spiribacter salinus León et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Leon MJ, Fernandez AB, Ghai R, Sanchez-Porro C, Rodriguez-Valera F, Ventosa A. From metagenomics to pure culture: isolation and characterization of the moderately halophilic bacterium Spiribacter salinus gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:3850-3857. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halopeptonella Menes et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Nitrococcaceae 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spribacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Leon et al. (2025). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00247 (N = 6).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 8; LMG: 3; IBRC: 3; CCM: 3; MCCC: 2; DSM: 2; KCTC: 2; SP: 1; NCIMB: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Spiribacter aquaticus León et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Spiribacter curvatus León et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Spiribacter halobius Gong et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Spiribacter insolitus León et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Spiribacter onubensis" León et al. 2024	not validly published	synonym
    Spiribacter onubensis León et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Spiribacter pallidus León et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Spiribacter roseus León et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Spiribacter salilacus" Zhang et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Spiribacter salinus León et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Spiribacter vilamensis (Menes et al. 2016) León et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984

Assigned by: Leon MJ, Fernandez AB, Ghai R, Sanchez-Porro C, Rodriguez-Valera F, Ventosa A. From metagenomics to pure culture: isolation and characterization of the moderately halophilic bacterium Spiribacter salinus gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:3850-3857. 🇪🇸

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