Genus may not contain "sp.", " " is permitted

src/main/java/org/genesys2/server/service/impl/BatchRESTServiceImpl.java

@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ public class BatchRESTServiceImpl implements BatchRESTService {
 			current.setSubtaxa(StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(stringIfProvided(accnJson.get(Api1Constants.Accession.SUBTAXA), current.getSubtaxa()), ""));
 			current.setSubtAuthor(StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(stringIfProvided(accnJson.get(Api1Constants.Accession.SUBTAUTHOR), current.getSubtAuthor()), ""));
 
-			if (current.getGenus().contains(" ") || current.getGenus().contains("sp.")) {
-				throw new RESTApiException("GENUS cannot contain spaces or 'sp.'. Offending genus: " + current.getGenus());
+			if (current.getGenus().contains("sp.")) {
+				throw new RESTApiException("GENUS cannot contain 'sp.'. Offending genus: " + current.getGenus());
 			}
 
 			if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ public class BatchRESTServiceImpl implements BatchRESTService {
 			if (jsonNode.isNull()) {
 				return null;
 			}
-			return StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(jsonNode.textValue(), currentValue);
+			return StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(jsonNode.textValue().trim(), currentValue);
 		}
 		return currentValue;
 	}