Name: Spirillum volutans Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vo.lu.tans. L. part. adj. volutans, tumbling about; from L. v. voluto, roll, turn, twist, or tumble about

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19554

16S rRNA gene: GU585672 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ehrenberg CG. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Organisation der Infusorien und ihrer geographischen Verbreitung besonders in Sibirien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1832; 1830:1-88.

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 Spirillum Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ehrenberg CG. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Organisation der Infusorien und ihrer geographischen Verbreitung besonders in Sibirien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1832; 1830:1-88.
  • An early Request for an Opinion proposed S. volutans as type species of the genus and also a neotype strain for the species. Publication: Hylemon PB, et al. Designation of Spirillum volutans Ehrenberg 1832 as Type Species of the Genus Spirillum Ehrenberg 1832 and Designation of the Neotype Strain of S. volutans. Request for an Opinion. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:20.
  • See also Ehrenberg (1838).
  • The strain ATCC 19554 does not appear in the ATCC catalog. — According to Podkopaeva et al. 2009, the type strain of Spirillum volutans (the type species of the genus Spirillum) is not currently available. If a strain on which the original description was based cannot be found and if a neotype strain is not proposed [Rule 18c of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision)], the authors request that the the Judicial Commission places the name Spirillum volutans Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved List 1980) on the list of rejected names and designates Spirillum winogradskii Podkopaeva et al. 2009 as a novel type species. The authors also suggest that the description of Spirillum winogradskii Podkopaeva et al. 2009 becomes the description of the genus Spirillum Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Podkopaeva et al. 2009. As yet this request is provisional. Publication: Podkopaeva D, Grabovich M, Kuever J, Lysenko AM, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Dubinina G. Proposal of Spirillum winogradskyi sp. nov., a novel microaerophilic species, an emended description of the genus Spirillum and Request for an Opinion regarding the status of the species Spirillum volutans Ehrenberg 1832. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2916-2920.

Parent taxon: Spirillum Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ehrenberg CG. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Organisation der Infusorien und ihrer geographischen Verbreitung besonders in Sibirien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1832; 1830:1-88.

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Record number: 784920