Name: Oceanispirochaeta litoralis (Canale-Parola 1980 ex Hespell and Canale-Parola 1970) Subhash and Lee 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Spirochaeta litoralis (ex Hespell and Canale-Parola 1970) Canale-Parola 1980

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the sea-shore

Pronunciation, gender: li-to-RA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27000; DSM 2029; R1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FR733665 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Subhash Y, Lee SS. Description of Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediments, and reclassification of Spirochaeta litoralis as Oceanispirochaeta litoralis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3403-3409.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirochaeta litoralis (ex Hespell and Canale-Parola 1970) Canale-Parola 1980	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanispirochaeta Subhash and Lee 2017. Publication: Subhash Y, Lee SS. Description of Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediments, and reclassification of Spirochaeta litoralis as Oceanispirochaeta litoralis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3403-3409.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oceanispirochaeta Subhash and Lee 2017

Assigned by: Subhash Y, Lee SS. Description of Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediments, and reclassification of Spirochaeta litoralis as Oceanispirochaeta litoralis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3403-3409.

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Record number: 795867