Name: Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium (Terasaki 1961) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirillum putridiconchylium" Terasaki 1961

Etymology: L. masc. adj. putridus, putrid, rotten, decayed; L. neut. n. conchylium, a shellfish; N.L. n. putridiconchylium, decayed shellfish

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 15279; DSM 11557; IAM 14964; IFO 13962; LMG 4342; NBRC 13962

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB680540 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spirillum putridiconchylium" Terasaki 1961	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

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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