Name: Winmispira thermophila (Aksenova et al. 1992) Podosokorskaya et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-MO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700085; DSM 6578; Z-1203

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16S rRNA gene: FR749903 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Winmispira Podosokorskaya et al. 2025. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.
  • ❗ Winmispira thermophila 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 Winmispira.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-08-12.

Parent taxon: Winmispira Podosokorskaya et al. 2025

Assigned by: Podosokorskaya OA, Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Zayulina KS, Merkel AY. Novel thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium Rarispira pelagica gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Spirochaeta thermophila as Winmispira thermophila gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Winmispiraceae fam. nov. and Winmispirales ord. nov. in the class Spirochaetia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126604.

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