Name: "Candidatus Spironema" Paster and Dewhirst 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Gender: neuter

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

Original 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

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Allospironema" corrig. Paster and Dewhirst 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Allospironema" corrig. Paster and Dewhirst 2000	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spimnema"; "Spiranema"; "Spironcma"; "Spironczma"; "Spironmna"; "Spironoma"; "Spirorzema"; "Spirvnema"; "Splronema".
  • 🧍 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 (and no standing)

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