Name: Spongiispira norvegica Kaesler et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nor.ve’gi.ca. N.L. fem. adj. norvegica, Norwegian, referring to the collection off the Norwegian coast of the sponge from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17749; Gp_4_7.1; NCIMB 14401

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AM117931 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kaesler I, Graeber I, Borchert MS, Pape T, Dieckmann R, von Dohren H, Nielsen P, Lurz R, Michaelis W, Szewzyk U. Spongiispira norvegica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the boreal sponge Isops phlegraei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1815-1820.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Spongiispira Kaesler et al. 2008. Publication: Kaesler I, Graeber I, Borchert MS, Pape T, Dieckmann R, von Dohren H, Nielsen P, Lurz R, Michaelis W, Szewzyk U. Spongiispira norvegica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the boreal sponge Isops phlegraei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1815-1820.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Spongiispira Kaesler et al. 2008

Assigned by: Kaesler I, Graeber I, Borchert MS, Pape T, Dieckmann R, von Dohren H, Nielsen P, Lurz R, Michaelis W, Szewzyk U. Spongiispira norvegica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the boreal sponge Isops phlegraei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1815-1820.

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Record number: 787494