Name: Niveispirillum irakense (Khammas et al. 1991) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Azospirillum irakense Khammas et al. 1991

Etymology: i.ra.ken’se. N.L. neut. adj. irakense, pertaining to the country of Iraq

Pronunciation, gender: i-ra-KEN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51182; BCRC 15764; CCUG 30621; CIP 103311; DSM 11586; KBC1; LMG 10653

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z29583 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Niveispirillum irakense" (Khammas et al. 1991) Lin et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Azospirillum irakense Khammas et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06446 (N = 5).
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Niveispirillum Lin et al. 2014

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 11111