Species Oceanospirillum beijerinckii

Name: Oceanospirillum beijerinckii (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirillum beijerinckii" Williams and Rittenberg 1957

Etymology: bei.je.rinc’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. beijerinckii, of Beijerinck, named after Prof M.W. Beijerinck of Delft, Holland

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o-ke-a-no-spi-RIL-lum be͡i-je-RINK-ki-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 12754; CIP 103375; DSM 7166; IFO 15445; LMG 5405; NBRC 15445; NCIMB 52; NCMB 52; VPI 34

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680857 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hylemon PB, Wells Jr. JS, Krieg NR, Jannasch HW. The genus Spirillum: A taxonomic study. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:340-380.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spirillum pelagicum" Terasaki 1973	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Spirillum beijerinckii" Williams and Rittenberg 1957	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Oceanospirillum beijerinckii subsp. pelagicum (Terasaki 1973) Pot et al. 1989	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Oceanospirillum pelagicum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Pot et al. 1989 Pot B, Gillis M, Hoste B, Van De Velde A, Bekaert F, Kersters K, De Ley J. Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Oceanospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:23-34.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Satomi et al. (2002), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Spirillum pelagicum" Terasaki 1973. Publication: Satomi M, Kimura B, Hamada T, Harayama S, Fujii T. Phylogenetic study of the genus Oceanospirillum based on 16S rRNA and gyrB genes: emended description of the genus Oceanospirillum, description of Pseudospirillum gen. nov., Oceanobacter gen. nov. and Terasakiella gen. nov. and transfer of Oceanospirillum jannaschii and Pseudomonas stanieri to Marinobacterium as Marinobacterium jannaschii comb. nov. and Marinobacterium stanieri comb. no. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:739-747. 🇯🇵
  • ⏰ According to Satomi et al. (2002), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Oceanospirillum pelagicum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Satomi M, Kimura B, Hamada T, Harayama S, Fujii T. Phylogenetic study of the genus Oceanospirillum based on 16S rRNA and gyrB genes: emended description of the genus Oceanospirillum, description of Pseudospirillum gen. nov., Oceanobacter gen. nov. and Terasakiella gen. nov. and transfer of Oceanospirillum jannaschii and Pseudomonas stanieri to Marinobacterium as Marinobacterium jannaschii comb. nov. and Marinobacterium stanieri comb. no. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:739-747. 🇯🇵
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12493 (N = 18).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 The strain NCMB 52 does not appear in the UKNCC Strain databases or in The complete list of NCIMB bacterial strains. 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. 🇫🇷

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Oceanospirillum beijerinckii subsp. beijerinckii (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Pot et al. 1989 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species
    Oceanospirillum beijerinckii subsp. pelagicum (Terasaki 1973) Pot et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hylemon PB, Wells Jr. JS, Krieg NR, Jannasch HW. The genus Spirillum: A taxonomic study. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:340-380.

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