Name: Mucispirillum schaedleri Robertson et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: schaed’ler.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. schaedleri, of Schaedler, in honour of Russell Schaedler, one of the pioneers in the study of the bacteria of the intestinal tract of mammals

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ACM 5223; ATCC BAA-1009; HRI I17

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16S rRNA gene: AY387670 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Robertson BR, O'Rourke JL, Neilan BA, Vandamme P, On SL, Fox JG, Lee A. Mucispirillum schaedleri gen. nov., sp. nov., a spiral-shaped bacterium colonizing the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract of laboratory rodents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1199-1204.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005. Publication: Robertson BR, O'Rourke JL, Neilan BA, Vandamme P, On SL, Fox JG, Lee A. Mucispirillum schaedleri gen. nov., sp. nov., a spiral-shaped bacterium colonizing the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract of laboratory rodents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1199-1204.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 56 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005

Assigned by: Robertson BR, O'Rourke JL, Neilan BA, Vandamme P, On SL, Fox JG, Lee A. Mucispirillum schaedleri gen. nov., sp. nov., a spiral-shaped bacterium colonizing the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract of laboratory rodents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1199-1204.

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