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Name: Spirosoma spitsbergense Finster et al. 2009
Etymology: spits.berg.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. spitsbergense, pertaining to Spitsbergen in the high Arctic, northern Norway, from where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: DSM 19989; NCIMB 14407; RODSPM9; SPM-9
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Valid publication: Finster KW, Herbert RA, Lomstein BA. Spirosoma spitsbergense sp. nov. and Spirosoma luteum sp. nov., isolated from a high Arctic permafrost soil, and emended description of the genus Spirosoma. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:839-844.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Spirosoma Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Finster KW, Herbert RA, Lomstein BA. Spirosoma spitsbergense sp. nov. and Spirosoma luteum sp. nov., isolated from a high Arctic permafrost soil, and emended description of the genus Spirosoma. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:839-844.
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Record number: 787807