Name: "Niveispirillum irakense" (Khammas et al. 1991) Lin et al. 2014

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 Iraq, where the organism was first isolated

Gender: neuter

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z29583 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Shen FT, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Shahina M, Lai WA, Young CC. Description of Niveispirillum fermenti gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a fermentor in Taiwan, transfer of Azospirillum irakense (1989) as Niveispirillum irakense comb. nov., and reclassification of Azospirillum amazonense (1983) as Nitrospirillum amazonense gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:1149-1162.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Azospirillum irakense Khammas et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Niveispirillum irakense (Khammas et al. 1991) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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.

Parent taxon: Niveispirillum Lin et al. 2014

Assigned by: Lin SY, Hameed A, Shen FT, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Shahina M, Lai WA, Young CC. Description of Niveispirillum fermenti gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a fermentor in Taiwan, transfer of Azospirillum irakense (1989) as Niveispirillum irakense comb. nov., and reclassification of Azospirillum amazonense (1983) as Nitrospirillum amazonense gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:1149-1162.

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Record number: 11165