Name: Aquaspirillum fasciculus Strength et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fa.sci.cu.lus. L. masc. dim. n. fasciculus, a small bundle (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27740; CIP 103579; LMG 12892

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16S rRNA gene: JN175353 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Strength WJ, Isani B, Linn DM, Williams FD, Vandermolen GE, Laughon BE, Krieg NR. Isolation and characterization of Aquaspirillum fasciculus sp. nov., a rod-shaped, nitrogen-fixing bacterium having unusual flagella. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:253-267.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Prolinoborus fasciculus (Strength et al. 1976) Pot et al. 1992

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prolinoborus fasciculus (Strength et al. 1976) Pot et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Aquaspirillum fasciculus is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aquaspirillum.

Parent taxon: Aquaspirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Strength WJ, Isani B, Linn DM, Williams FD, Vandermolen GE, Laughon BE, Krieg NR. Isolation and characterization of Aquaspirillum fasciculus sp. nov., a rod-shaped, nitrogen-fixing bacterium having unusual flagella. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:253-267.

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Record number: 783391