Name: Niveispirillum lacus Cai et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la’cus. L. gen. masc. n. lacus, of a lake

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 1-14; CGMCC 1.12980; LMG 28363

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF776580 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cai H, Cui H, Zeng Y, Wang Y, Jiang H. Niveispirillum lacus sp. nov., isolated from cyanobacterial aggregates in a eutrophic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:507-512.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1409-1410.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). 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: Cai H, Cui H, Zeng Y, Wang Y, Jiang H. Niveispirillum lacus sp. nov., isolated from cyanobacterial aggregates in a eutrophic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:507-512.

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