Name: "Levispirillum peregrinum" (Pretorius 1963) Pot and Gillis 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirillum peregrinum" Pretorius 1963

Etymology: pe.re.gri’num. L. neut. adj. peregrinum, strange, foreign

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15387; CCUG 13795; DSM 1839; IFO 14922; JCM 21450; LMG 4340; NBRC 14922; NC; NCIB 9435; NCIMB 9435

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EF612767 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Levispirillum gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 27-28.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Insolitispirillum peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Yoon et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aquaspirillum peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Insolitispirillum peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Yoon et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Spirillum peregrinum" Pretorius 1963	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Levispirillum peregrinum subsp. peregrinum" (Pretorius 1963) Pot and Gillis 2005	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Levispirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum" (Terasaki 1973) Pot and Gillis 2005	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: "Levispirillum" Pot and Gillis 2005

Assigned by: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Levispirillum gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 27-28.

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Record number: 801342