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Species Spirosoma linguale
Name: Spirosoma linguale Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: lin.gu.a’le. L. fem. n. lingua, the tongue; L. neut. adj. suff. -ale, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. linguale, of or pertaining to the tongue
Pronunciation, gender: lin-gu-A-le, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 33905; DSM 74; LMG 10896
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AM000023
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Migula W. Über ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.
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
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Emendations:
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Larkin et al. 1977
Larkin JM, Williams PM, Taylor R. Taxonomy of the genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928: Reintroduction and emendation of the genus Spirosoma Migula 1894 and proposal of a new genus, Flectobacillus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:147-156.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
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Hahnke et al. 2016
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
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Larkin et al. 1977
Larkin JM, Williams PM, Taylor R. Taxonomy of the genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928: Reintroduction and emendation of the genus Spirosoma Migula 1894 and proposal of a new genus, Flectobacillus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:147-156.
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Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Spirosoma Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Migula W. Über ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 27 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:
Lail K, Sikorski J, Saunders E, Lapidus A, Glavina Del Rio T, Copeland A, Tice H, Cheng JF, Lucas S, Nolan M, et al. Complete genome sequence of Spirosoma linguale type strain (1). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 2:176-185.
Parent taxon: Spirosoma Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Migula W. Über ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.
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Record number: 781091
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