Name: Oceanospirillum japonicum (Watanabe 1959) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirillum japonicum" Watanabe 1959

Etymology: ja.po’ni.cum. N.L. neut. adj. japonicum, pertaining to Japan

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19191; CIP 103373; DSM 7165; IFO 15446; LMG 10146; NBRC 15446

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16S rRNA gene: AB680858 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: synonym

Correct name: Allopseudospirillum japonicum (Watanabe 1959) Molinari Novoa and Oren 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allopseudospirillum japonicum (Watanabe 1959) Molinari Novoa and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Spirillum japonicum" Watanabe 1959	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Pseudospirillum japonicum (Watanabe 1959) Satomi et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • ❗ Oceanospirillum japonicum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Oceanospirillum.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2024-03-28.

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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Record number: 778947