Name: Winmispira Podosokorskaya et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Win.mi.spi’ra. N.L. Winmi, arbitrarily derived from the acronym of the Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology of Russian Academy of Sciences (WINMI); Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil; N.L. fem. n. Winmispira, spiral from the Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Winmispir-), win-mi-SPI-ra

Type species: Winmispira thermophila (Aksenova et al. 1992) Podosokorskaya et al. 2025

Effective publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Winmispiraceae Podosokorskaya et al. 2025. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Winmispirales Podosokorskaya et al. 2025. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
  • 🧕 Podosokorskaya et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Winmispiraceae Podosokorskaya et al. 2025. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
  • 🧕 Podosokorskaya et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the order Winmispirales Podosokorskaya et al. 2025. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Aksenova HY, Rainey FA, Janssen PH, Zavarzin GA, Morgan HW. Spirochaeta thermophila sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic, polysaccharolytic, extremely thermophilic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:175-177.
  • ❗ Winmispira is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Winmispira thermophila (Aksenova et al. 1992) Podosokorskaya et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

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