Name: Leptospirillum (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Lep.to.spi.ril’lum. Gr. masc. adj. leptos, thin, fine; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Leptospirillum, thin spiral

Gender: neuter

Type species: Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hippe H. Leptospirillum gen. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev., including Leptospirillum ferrooxidans sp. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev. and Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans sp. nov. (Golovacheva et al. 1992). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:501-503.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Leptospirilla"; "Leptospirillium"; "Leptosprillum"; "Lepwpirillum".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LPSR" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Leptospirillum ferriphilum Coram and Rawlings 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Leptospirillum ferrodiazotrophum" Tyson et al. 2005	not validly published
    Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Leptospirillum rubarum" Goltsman et al. 2009	not validly published
    Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans Hippe 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: "Nitrospiraceae" Garrity and Holt 2001

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.

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