Name: Marinospirillum insulare Satomi et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.su.la’re. L. neut. adj. insulare, of or belonging to an island, insular

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 21763; K; LMG 21802; NBRC 100033

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681133 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Satomi M, Kimura B, Hayashi M, Okuzumi M, Fujii T. Marinospirillum insulare sp. nov., a novel halophilic helical bacterium isolated from kusaya gravy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:163-167.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Marinospirillum Satomi et al. 1998

Assigned by: Satomi M, Kimura B, Hayashi M, Okuzumi M, Fujii T. Marinospirillum insulare sp. nov., a novel halophilic helical bacterium isolated from kusaya gravy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:163-167.

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