Name: Novispirillum itersonii (Giesberger 1936) Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirillum itersonii" Giesberger 1936

Etymology: i.ter.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. itersonii, of Iterson, named after G. Van Iterson, a Dutch bacteriologist

Pronunciation, gender: i-ter-SO-ni-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 12639; CCUG 49447; CIP 105798; Giesberger; IFO 15648; JCM 21278; JCM 21494; LMG 4337; NBRC 15648; NCIB 9070; NCIMB 9070; NRRL B-2053

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16S rRNA gene: EF612765 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Lee SY, Oh TK. Reclassification of Aquaspirillum itersonii and Aquaspirillum peregrinum as Novispirillum itersonii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Insolitispirillum peregrinum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2830-2835.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aquaspirillum itersonii (Giesberger 1936) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Levispirillum itersonii" (Giesberger 1936) Pot and Gillis 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Spirillum itersonii" Giesberger 1936	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Novispirillum Yoon et al. 2007. Publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Lee SY, Oh TK. Reclassification of Aquaspirillum itersonii and Aquaspirillum peregrinum as Novispirillum itersonii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Insolitispirillum peregrinum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2830-2835.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Yoon et al. 2007, the type strain is not cited in the protologue. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 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.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Novispirillum itersonii subsp. itersonii (Giesberger 1936) Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Novispirillum itersonii subsp. nipponicum (Terasaki 1973) Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Novispirillum Yoon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Lee SY, Oh TK. Reclassification of Aquaspirillum itersonii and Aquaspirillum peregrinum as Novispirillum itersonii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Insolitispirillum peregrinum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2830-2835.

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