Name: "Spirillum peregrinum" Pretorius 1963

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.re.gri’num. L. neut. adj. peregrinum, alien

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pe-re-GRI-num, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15387; CCUG 13795; DSM 1839; IFO 14922; JCM 21450; LMG 4340; NBRC 14922; NC; NCIB 9435; NCIMB 9435

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF612767 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Pretorius WA. A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE GENUS SPIRILLUM WHICH OCCURS IN OXIDATION PONDS, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES. J Gen Microbiol 1963; 32:403-408.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Insolitispirillum peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Yoon et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Levispirillum peregrinum" (Pretorius 1963) Pot and Gillis 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Insolitispirillum peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Yoon et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aquaspirillum peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Spirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum" Terasaki 1973	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym

Parent taxon: "Spirillum" Hassall 1845

Assigned by: Pretorius WA. A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE GENUS SPIRILLUM WHICH OCCURS IN OXIDATION PONDS, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES. J Gen Microbiol 1963; 32:403-408.

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Record number: 4258