Transfer of Five Species and Two Subspecies of Spirillum to Other Genera (Aquaspirillum and Oceanospirillum), with Emended Descriptions of the Species and Subspecies

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Abstract
In 1973, five new species and two new subspecies of the genus Spirillum Ehrenberg 1832 were described by Terasaki (Bull. Suzugamine Women's Coll. Nat. Sci. 17:1–71, 1973). In the same year, Hylemon et al. (P. B. Hylemon, J. S. Wells, Jr., N. R. Krieg, and H. W. Jannasch, Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 23:340–380, 1973) proposed that the genus Spirillum be divided into three genera: Spirillum, Aquaspirillum, and Oceanospirillum. Accordingly, on the basis of the original and subsequently determined characters of the various new species and subspecies, the following transfers from the genus Spirillum are proposed. S. psychrophilum Terasaki, S. itersonii subsp. nipponicum Terasaki, and S. peregrinum subsp. integrum Terasaki are transferred to the genus Aquaspirillum as A. psychrophilum (Terasaki) comb. nov., A. itersonii subsp. nipponicum (Terasaki) comb. nov., and A. peregrinum subsp. integrum (Terasaki) comb. nov., respectively. The type strains for these taxa are IFO 13611, IFO 13615, and IFO 13617, respectively. The marine species S. hiroshimense Terasaki, S. pelagicum Terasaki, S. pusillum Terasaki, and S. multiglobuliferum Terasaki are transferred to the genus Oceanospirillum as O. hiroshimense (Terasaki) comb. nov., O. pelagicum (Terasaki) comb. nov., O. pusillum (Terasaki) comb. nov., and O. multiglobuliferum (Terasaki) comb. nov., respectively. The type strains for these species are IFO 13616, IFO 13612, IFO 13613, and IFO 13614, respectively. Emended descriptions of these species and subspecies are given.

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