Species Spirochaeta perfilievii

Name: Spirochaeta perfilievii Dubinina et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per.fi.lie’vi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. perfilievii, of Perfil’ev, named after Professor B. V. Perfil’ev (1893-1974), the Russian microbiologist who discovered and described the ‘Thiodendron’ microbial mat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spi-ro-K^HA͡E-ta per-fi-LIE-wi-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 19205; P; VKM B-2514

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16S rRNA gene: AY337318 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dubinina G, Grabovich M, Leshcheva N, Rainey FA, Gavrish E. Spirochaeta perfilievii sp. nov., an oxygen-tolerant, sulfide-oxidizing, sulfur- and thiosulfate-reducing spirochaete isolated from a saline spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:110-117. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:701-702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiospirochaeta perfilievii (Dubinina et al. 2011) Dubinina et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Thiospirochaeta perfilievii (Dubinina et al. 2011) Dubinina et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Spirochaeta perfilievii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Spirochaeta.
- 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dubinina G, Grabovich M, Leshcheva N, Rainey FA, Gavrish E. Spirochaeta perfilievii sp. nov., an oxygen-tolerant, sulfide-oxidizing, sulfur- and thiosulfate-reducing spirochaete isolated from a saline spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:110-117. 🇺🇸

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Species Spirochaeta perfilievii