Name: Herpetosiphon persicus Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per’si.cus. L. neut. adj. persicum, a peach; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; L. masc. adj. persicus, Persian, here intended to mean peach-coloured

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23167; DSM 23188; NBRC 102663; NCIMB 1396; T-3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB301616 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lewin RA. New Herpetosiphon species (Flexibacterales). Can J Microbiol 1970; 16:517-520.

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: Lewinella persica (Lewin 1970) Sly et al. 1998

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lewinella persica (Lewin 1970) Sly et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Neolewinella persica (Lewin 1970) Huang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Herpetosiphon persicus 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 Herpetosiphon.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Herpetosiphon Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lewin RA. New Herpetosiphon species (Flexibacterales). Can J Microbiol 1970; 16:517-520.

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Record number: 784015