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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Spirillum pleomorphum"

Name: "Spirillum pleomorphum" Inoue and Komagata 1976

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ple.o.mor’phum. Gr. neut. adj. suff. -morphon; N.L. neut. adj. pleomorphum, of pleo, “several” or “different, ” and morph, “shape”

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spi-RIL-lum ple-o-MOR-phum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: 22-0-d; IAM 12028

16S rRNA gene: AB680956 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Inoue K, Komagata K. Taxonomic study on obligately psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctica. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1976; 22:165-176.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Spirillum" Hassall 1845

Assigned by: Inoue K, Komagata K. Taxonomic study on obligately psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctica. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1976; 22:165-176.

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Record number: 34340

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