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Subspecies "Aquaspirillum serpens subsp. serpens"
Name: "Aquaspirillum serpens subsp. serpens" (Müller 1786) Pot and Gillis 2005
Basonym: "Vibrio serpens" Müller 1786
Etymology: ser’pens. L. masc./fem. n. serpens, creeper (nominative in apposition)
Pronunciation, gender: SER-pens, neuter
Nomenclatural type: ATCC 12368; ATCC 12638; CCUG 2092; CIP 63.19; DSM 68; DSM 9156; IFO 14924; JCM 20995; LMG 3734; NBRC 14924; NCTC 10593
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Original publication: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Aquaspirillum Hylemon, Wells, Krieg and Jannasch 1973b, 361AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 801-823. 🇺🇸
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned) (and no standing)
Parent taxon: Aquaspirillum serpens (Müller 1786) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Aquaspirillum Hylemon, Wells, Krieg and Jannasch 1973b, 361AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 801-823. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 801351
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