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

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF612766 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

Risk group: 1

• 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
    "Levispirillum itersonii subsp. nipponicum" (Terasaki 1973) Pot and Gillis 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Novispirillum itersonii (Giesberger 1936) 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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Record number: 787033