Subspecies Insolitispirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum

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

Category, proposed as: subspecies, 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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: in-so-li-ti-spi-RIL-lum pe-re-GRI-num in-TE-grum, 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

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Lee SY, Oh TK. Reclassification of Aquaspirillum itersonii and Aquaspirillum peregrinum as Novispirillum itersonii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Insolitispirillum peregrinum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2830-2835. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum" Terasaki 1973	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Levispirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum" (Terasaki 1973) Pot and Gillis 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Aquaspirillum peregrinum subsp. integrum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Insolitispirillum peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Yoon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Lee SY, Oh TK. Reclassification of Aquaspirillum itersonii and Aquaspirillum peregrinum as Novispirillum itersonii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Insolitispirillum peregrinum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2830-2835. 🇰🇷

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