Name: Parasphaerochaeta coccoides (Dröge et al. 2006) Bidzhieva et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Spirochaeta coccoides Dröge et al. 2006

Etymology: coc.coi’des. N.L. adj. coccoides, berry-shaped

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1237; DSM 17374; SPN1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ698092 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bidzhieva SK, Sokolova DS, Grouzdev DS, Kostrikina NA, Poltaraus AB, Tourova TP, Shcherbakova VA, Troshina OY, Nazina TN. Sphaerochaeta halotolerans sp. nov., a novel spherical halotolerant spirochete from a Russian heavy oil reservoir, emended description of the genus Sphaerochaeta, reclassification of Sphaerochaeta coccoides to a new genus Parasphaerochaeta gen. nov. as Parasphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and proposal of Sphaerochaetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4748-4759.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sphaerochaeta coccoides (Dröge et al. 2006) Abt et al. 2012

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirochaeta coccoides Dröge et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sphaerochaeta coccoides (Dröge et al. 2006) Abt et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parasphaerochaeta Bidzhieva et al. 2020. Publication: Bidzhieva SK, Sokolova DS, Grouzdev DS, Kostrikina NA, Poltaraus AB, Tourova TP, Shcherbakova VA, Troshina OY, Nazina TN. Sphaerochaeta halotolerans sp. nov., a novel spherical halotolerant spirochete from a Russian heavy oil reservoir, emended description of the genus Sphaerochaeta, reclassification of Sphaerochaeta coccoides to a new genus Parasphaerochaeta gen. nov. as Parasphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and proposal of Sphaerochaetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4748-4759.
  • ❗ Parasphaerochaeta coccoides 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 Parasphaerochaeta.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Parasphaerochaeta Bidzhieva et al. 2020

Assigned by: Bidzhieva SK, Sokolova DS, Grouzdev DS, Kostrikina NA, Poltaraus AB, Tourova TP, Shcherbakova VA, Troshina OY, Nazina TN. Sphaerochaeta halotolerans sp. nov., a novel spherical halotolerant spirochete from a Russian heavy oil reservoir, emended description of the genus Sphaerochaeta, reclassification of Sphaerochaeta coccoides to a new genus Parasphaerochaeta gen. nov. as Parasphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and proposal of Sphaerochaetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4748-4759.

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Record number: 8862