Name: Saprospira grandis Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gran’dis. L. fem. adj. grandis, large

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23119; JCM 21750; LMG 10407

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16S rRNA gene: M58795 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gross J. Über freilebende Spironemaceen. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 1911; 20:188-203.

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Saprospira Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gross J. Über freilebende Spironemaceen. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 1911; 20:188-203.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 22 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Saprospira Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gross J. Über freilebende Spironemaceen. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 1911; 20:188-203.

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Record number: 780781