Species "Spirillum sputigenum"

Name: "Spirillum sputigenum" Flügge 1886

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spi-RIL-lum spu-TI-ge-num, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 35185; CCUG 44933; DSM 20758; VPI D19B-28

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Original publication: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, Auflage 2. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Selenomonas sputigena (Flügge 1886) Boskamp 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Selenomonas sputigena (Flügge 1886) Boskamp 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, lectotype

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: VPI 10068.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.

Parent taxon: "Spirillum" Hassall 1845

Assigned by: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, Auflage 2. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

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Record number: 4206

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