Name: Aquaspirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum" Terasaki 1973

Etymology: in’te.grum. L. neut. adj. integrum, unchanged, referring to failure to form coccoid bodies

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33334; CCUG 49449; DSM 11589; IFO 13617; JCM 21428; LMG 5407; MF 19; NBRC 13617

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF612768 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Terasaki Y. Transfer of five species and two subspecies of Spirillum to other genera (Aquaspirillum and Oceanospirillum), with emended descriptions of the species and subspecies. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:130-144.

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: synonym

Correct name: Insolitispirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum (Terasaki 1973) Yoon et al. 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum" Terasaki 1973	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Insolitispirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum (Terasaki 1973) Yoon et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Levispirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum" (Terasaki 1973) Pot and Gillis 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aquaspirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Aquaspirillum peregrinum within a separate genus Aquaspirillum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.

Parent taxon: Aquaspirillum peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Terasaki Y. Transfer of five species and two subspecies of Spirillum to other genera (Aquaspirillum and Oceanospirillum), with emended descriptions of the species and subspecies. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:130-144.

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Record number: 787046