Name: Spirillum Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Spirillum, a small spiral

Gender: neuter (stem: Spirill-)

Type species: Spirillum volutans Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved Lists 1980)

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ehrenberg CG. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Organisation der Infusorien und ihrer geographischen Verbreitung besonders in Sibirien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1832; 1830:1-88.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spirillum" Hassall 1845	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Podkopaeva et al. 2009 Podkopaeva D, Grabovich M, Kuever J, Lysenko AM, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Dubinina G. Proposal of Spirillum winogradskyi sp. nov., a novel microaerophilic species, an emended description of the genus Spirillum and Request for an Opinion regarding the status of the species Spirillum volutans Ehrenberg 1832. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2916-2920. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • According to Podkopaeva et al. 2009, the type strain of Spirillum volutans is not currently available. If a strain on which the original description was based cannot be found and if a neotype strain is not proposed [Rule 18c of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision)], the authors request that the Judicial Commission places the name Spirillum volutans Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved List 1980) on the list of rejected names and designates Spirillum winogradskii Podkopaeva et al. 2009 as a novel type species. The authors also suggest that the description of Spirillum winogradskii Podkopaeva et al. 2009 becomes the description of the genus Spirillum Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Podkopaeva et al. 2009. As yet this request is provisional.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Migula N. Ueber ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Spirillales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de classification et de determination des bacteries anaerobies. 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • Nomenclatural type of the tribe Spirilleae Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II. 1936; 94:369-403.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Spirilleae Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the infraphylum "Chromatibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Schroeter (1886) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Eubacteria" Schroeter 1886. Publication: Schroeter J. Schizomycetes (1886), pp. 131-256. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, Band 3, Heft 3, Pilze, Max Müller, Breslau, 1889, p. 1-814.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Bpirillum"; "Rpirillum"; "Sinrillum"; "Spfrillum"; "Spiriilum"; "Spirilfum"; "Spirilium"; "Spirillmn"; "Spirillur"; "Spirillurn"; "Spiriltum"; "Spiritlum"; "Spirlllum"; "Spirzllum"; "Spitillum"; "Spriillum"; "Sprillum"; "Spririllum".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 23; DSM: 22; NBRC: 20; LMG: 20; IFO: 19; CIP: 14; JCM: 11; CCUG: 10; VKM: 9; NCIMB: 8.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SP" 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.
  • See also Ehrenberg (1838). Publication: Ehrenberg CG. Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen: Einf Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. L. Voss, Leipzig, 1838.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 30

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Spirillum anulus" Williams and Rittenberg 1957	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum beijerinckii" Williams and Rittenberg 1957	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum delicatum" Leifson 1962	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum desulfuricans" Beijerinck 1895	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum duttoni" Novy and Knapp 1906	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum giesbergeri" Williams and Rittenberg 1957	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum gracile" Canale-Parola et al. 1966	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum hiroshimense" Terasaki 1973	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum itersonii" Giesberger 1936	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum japonicum" Watanabe 1959	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum jenneri" Hassall 1845	not validly published
    "Spirillum kriegii" Podkopaeva et al. 2006	not validly published
    "Spirillum linum" Williams and Rittenberg 1957	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum lipoferum" Beijerinck 1925	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum metamorphum" Terasaki 1961	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum minutulum" Watanabe 1959	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum multiglobuliferum" Terasaki 1973	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum pelagicum" Terasaki 1973	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum peregrinum" Pretorius 1963	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum pleomorphum" Inoue and Komagata 1976	not validly published
    "Spirillum polymorphum" Williams and Rittenberg 1957	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum psychrophilum" Terasaki 1973	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum pusillum" Terasaki 1973	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum putridiconchylium" Terasaki 1961	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum rubrum" Esmarch 1887	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum sinuosum" Williams and Rittenberg 1957	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum sputigenum" Flügge 1886	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Spirillum volutans Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Spirillum winogradskii" Podkopaeva et al. 2006	not validly published
    Spirillum winogradskyi Podkopaeva et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Migula W. Über ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.

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