Name: Oceanospirillum beijerinckii subsp. beijerinckii (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Pot et al. 1989 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Spirillum beijerinckii" Williams and Rittenberg 1957

Etymology: beij.e.rinck’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. beijerinckii, of Beijerinck, named after Prof M.W. Beijerinck of Delft, Holland

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 12754; CIP 103375; DSM 7166; IFO 15445; LMG 5405; NBRC 15445; NCIMB 52; NCMB 52; VPI 34

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Effective publication: Pot B, Gillis M, Hoste B, Van De Velde A, Bekaert F, Kersters K, De Ley J. Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Oceanospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:23-34.

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 of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Oceanospirillum beijerinckii subsp. pelagicum (Terasaki 1973) Pot et al. 1989 according to rule 40d. Publication: Pot B, Gillis M, Hoste B, Van De Velde A, Bekaert F, Kersters K, De Ley J. Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Oceanospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:23-34.
  • ❗ Oceanospirillum beijerinckii subsp. beijerinckii 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 Oceanospirillum beijerinckii within a separate genus Oceanospirillum.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The strain NCMB 52 does not appear in the UKNCC Strain databases or in The complete list of NCIMB bacterial strains. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillum beijerinckii (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pot B, Gillis M, Hoste B, Van De Velde A, Bekaert F, Kersters K, De Ley J. Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Oceanospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:23-34.

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Record number: 784534