Name: Nitrospirillum iridis corrig. Chung et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i’ri.dis. L. gen. fem. n. iridis, of Iris, isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Iris ensata var. spontanea (Makino) Nakai

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 22198; KACC 13777; YC6995

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU048666 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chung EJ, Park TS, Kim KH, Jeon CO, Lee HI, Chang WS, Aslam Z, Chung YR. Erratum to: Nitrospirillum irinus sp. nov., a diazotrophic bacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Iris and emended description of the genus Nitrospirillum. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1495-1496.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nitrospirillum irinus Chung et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, irinus (sic), has been corrected by an erratum. Publication: Chung EJ, Park TS, Kim KH, Jeon CO, Lee HI, Chang WS, Aslam Z, Chung YR. Nitrospirillum irinus sp. nov., a diazotrophic bacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Iris and emended description of the genus Nitrospirillum. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:721-729.

Parent taxon: Nitrospirillum Lin et al. 2015

Assigned by: Chung EJ, Park TS, Kim KH, Jeon CO, Lee HI, Chang WS, Aslam Z, Chung YR. Erratum to: Nitrospirillum irinus sp. nov., a diazotrophic bacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Iris and emended description of the genus Nitrospirillum. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1495-1496.

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