Genus "Candidatus Spironema"

Name: "Candidatus Spironema" Paster and Dewhirst 2000

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter, spi-ro-NE-ma

Type species: "Candidatus Spironema culicis" Paster and Dewhirst 2000

Effective publication: Paster BJ, Dewhirst FE. Phylogenetic foundation of spirochetes. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2000; 2:341-344. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Allospironema" corrig. Paster and Dewhirst 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Allospironema" corrig. Paster and Dewhirst 2000	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spfronema"; "Spimnema"; "Spionema"; "Spiranema"; "Spironcma"; "Spironcnza"; "Spironczma"; "Spironenta"; "Spironmna"; "Spironoma"; "Spirorzema"; "Spirvnema"; "Splronema"; "Spuronema".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BR: 1.
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Spironema Hochst. (botanical); Spironema Meek, 1864 (zoological); Spironema Raf. (botanical); Spironema Lindl. (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SPNM" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Spironema culicis" Paster and Dewhirst 2000	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Paster BJ, Dewhirst FE. Phylogenetic foundation of spirochetes. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2000; 2:341-344. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 21909