Name: Aquaspirillum giesbergeri (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirillum giesbergeri" Williams and Rittenberg 1957

Etymology: gies.ber’ge.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. giesbergeri, of Giesberger, researcher who had made a great contribution to the study of heterotrophic spirilla

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gies-BER-ge-ri, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 11334; DSM 9157; IFO 13959; JCM 21431; LMG 4331; NBRC 13959; NCIB 9073; NCIMB 9073; VKM B-1404

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB074522 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hylemon PB, Wells Jr. JS, Krieg NR, Jannasch HW. The genus Spirillum: A taxonomic study. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:340-380.

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Giesbergeria giesbergeri (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Grabovich et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spirillum giesbergeri" Williams and Rittenberg 1957	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Giesbergeria giesbergeri (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Grabovich et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aquaspirillum giesbergeri is the correct name instead 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 Cited erroneously as synonym of Aquaspirillum serpens until April 1994 in DSMZ List. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

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

Assigned by: Hylemon PB, Wells Jr. JS, Krieg NR, Jannasch HW. The genus Spirillum: A taxonomic study. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:340-380.

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Record number: 773327