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Taxon: Genus Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980) (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Ehrenberg, 1835/1980, nom. approb.

Etymology

Derived nameAlkalispirochaeta (Genus) Sravanthi et al. 2016 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].
Derived nameMarispirochaeta (Genus) Shivani et al. 2017 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].
Derived nameOceanispirochaeta (Genus) Subhash and Lee 2017 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].
Derived nameSediminispirochaeta (Genus) Shivani et al. 2016 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].
Derived nameThalassospirochaeta (Genus) Pragya et al. 2024 nom. pro-inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].
Derived nameThiospirochaeta (Genus) Dubinina et al. 2020 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].

Attributes

Approved name (Approved Lists: nom. approb.) [ICNP, 2019: Rules 24a, 33b] Ref: Approved Lists, 1980.

Types

Type ofSpirochaetaceae (Family) Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].
Type ofSpirochaetales (Order) Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].
Type ofSpirochaetia (Class) Paster 2020 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].
Type ofSpirochaetota (Phylum) Garrity and Holt 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026].
Type, by monotypySpirochaeta plicatilis Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)

Variants

Pre-starting point nameSpirochaeta (Genus) Ehrenberg 1835 nom. inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026]. [implicit]
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