Name: Terasakiispira Zepeda et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Te.ra.sa.ki.i.spi’ra. Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Terasakiispira, Terasaki's spiral, named to honour Yasuke Terasaki, a Japanese microbiologist, for his contributions to the study of spiral-shaped bacteria

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Terasakiispir-), te-ra-sa-ki-i-SPI-ra

Type species: Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis Zepeda et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zepeda VK, Busse HJ, Golke J, Saw JH, Alam M, Donachie SP. Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3609-3617.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Joshi et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Joshi A, Thite S, Godbole D, Boruah D, Sindhu DK, Prabhu A, Joseph N, Yadav A, Sharma A, Lodha T. Genomic insights into Marinospirillum alkalitolerans sp. nov., a novel PHB producing bacterium from an Indian impact crater, and an emended description of family Oceanospirillaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:53.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; 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
    Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis Zepeda et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989

Assigned by: Zepeda VK, Busse HJ, Golke J, Saw JH, Alam M, Donachie SP. Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3609-3617.

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