Name: Oceanospirillum pelagicum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirillum pelagicum" Terasaki 1973

Etymology: pe.la.gi’cum. L. neut. adj. pelagicum, of or belonging to the sea

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33337; CIP 103385; DSM 6288; IFO 13612; LMG 5307; NBRC 13612; NCIMB 2228; NCMB 2228; SWC UF1

16S rRNA gene: AB680459 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Terasaki Y. Transfer of five species and two subspecies of Spirillum to other genera (Aquaspirillum and Oceanospirillum), with emended descriptions of the species and subspecies. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:130-144.

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Satomi et al. (2002), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Spirillum beijerinckii" Williams and Rittenberg 1957. 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 a later heterotypic synonym of Oceanospirillum beijerinckii (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (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.
  • ❗ Oceanospirillum pelagicum 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 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Satomi et al. the two subspecies of Oceanospirillum beijerinckii should be combined as Oceanospirillum beijerinckii. Publication: Hylemon PB, Wells J. JS, Krieg NR, Jannasch HW. The genus Spirillum: A taxonomic study. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:340-380.

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

Assigned by: Terasaki Y. Transfer of five species and two subspecies of Spirillum to other genera (Aquaspirillum and Oceanospirillum), with emended descriptions of the species and subspecies. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:130-144.

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