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Species Spirosoma endophyticum
Name: Spirosoma endophyticum Fries et al. 2013
Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.cum. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. endophyticum, within plant, referring to the endophytic nature of the strain and its isolation from plant tissue
Pronunciation, gender: en-do-PHY-ti-kum, neuter
Type strain: DSM 26130; EX 36; LMG 27272
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
GQ342559
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Fries J, Pfeiffer S, Kuffner M, Sessitsch A. Spirosoma endophyticum sp. nov., isolated from Zn- and Cd-accumulating Salix caprea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4586-4590. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
- 🧍 In the protologue of the paper of Fries et al. 2013, the species name is erroneously cited as Spirosoma endophytica. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
Parent taxon: Spirosoma Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Fries J, Pfeiffer S, Kuffner M, Sessitsch A. Spirosoma endophyticum sp. nov., isolated from Zn- and Cd-accumulating Salix caprea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4586-4590.
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Record number: 791369
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