Name: "Pacificispira spongiicola" He et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon.gi.i’co.la. L. fem. n. spongia, a sponge; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. spongiicola, inhabitant of sponges

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.17142; KCTC 72429; KN72

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MW674674 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: He W, Li Y, Zhang D. Pacificispira spongiicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from tropical western Pacific. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:2083-2090.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Pacificispira" He et al. 2021. Publication: He W, Li Y, Zhang D. Pacificispira spongiicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from tropical western Pacific. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:2083-2090.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.

Parent taxon: "Pacificispira" He et al. 2021

Assigned by: He W, Li Y, Zhang D. Pacificispira spongiicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from tropical western Pacific. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:2083-2090.

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Record number: 22977