Name: Succinispira Janssen and O'Farrell 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Suc.ci.ni.spi’ra. L. neut. adj. succinum, amber; N.L. neut. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid (derived from amber); Gr. fem. n. speîra, coil, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Succinispira, succinate-utilizing, spiral-shaped bacterium

Gender: feminine (stem: Succinispir-)

Type species: Succinispira mobilis Janssen and O'Farrell 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Janssen PH, O'Farrell KA. Succinispira mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a succinate-decarboxylating anaerobic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1009-1013.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Succinispiraceae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Succinispira mobilis Janssen and O'Farrell 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acidaminococcaceae Marchandin et al. 2010

Assigned by: Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215.

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