Name: "Levispirillum itersonii subsp. nipponicum" (Terasaki 1973) Pot and Gillis 2005

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirillum itersonii subsp. nipponicum" Terasaki 1973

Etymology: nip.po’ni.cum. N.L. neut. adj. nipponicum, pertaining to the country of Japan

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33333; CCUG 49448; DSM 11590; IFO 13615; JCM 21427; KF 8; LMG 7370; NBRC 13615

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF612766 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Levispirillum gen. nov. 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. 27-28.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Novispirillum itersonii subsp. nipponicum (Terasaki 1973) Yoon et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spirillum itersonii subsp. nipponicum" Terasaki 1973	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Aquaspirillum itersonii subsp. nipponicum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Novispirillum itersonii subsp. nipponicum (Terasaki 1973) Yoon et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: "Levispirillum itersonii" (Giesberger 1936) Pot and Gillis 2005

Assigned by: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Levispirillum gen. nov. 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. 27-28.

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Record number: 801347