Genus Oligella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Oligella Rossau et al. 1987, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oligella urethralis (Lautrop et al. 1970) Rossau et al. 1987.
Etymology: Gr. adj. oligos, little, not copious, scanty; L. dim. ending -ella, little; N.L. fem. dim. n. Oligella, intended to mean a small bacterium with limited nutritional properties.
Valid publication: ROSSAU (R.), KERSTERS (K.), FALSEN (E.), JANTZEN (E.), SEGERS (P.), UNION (A.), NEHLS (L.) and DE LEY (J.): Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 198-210.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oligella ureolytica Rossau et al. 1987, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 43534= CDC C379 = CCUG 1465 Aa = CIP 103114 = LMG 6519.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ251912.
Etymology: N.L. n. urea, urea; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos -ê -on), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. ureolytica, dissolving (hydrolyzing) urea.
Valid publication: ROSSAU (R.), KERSTERS (K.), FALSEN (E.), JANTZEN (E.), SEGERS (P.), UNION (A.), NEHLS (L.) and DE LEY (J.): Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 198-210.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Oligella ureolytica Rossau et al. 1987 was previously known as CDC group IVe.
Oligella urethralis (Lautrop et al. 1970) Rossau et al. 1987, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 17960= CDC 7603 = CCUG 13463 = CCUG 37823 = CIP 103116 = DSM 7531 = IFO (now NBRC) 14589 = JCM 20913 = LMG 5303 = LMG 1015 = NCTC 12964.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF133538.
Basonym: ¤ Moraxella urethralis Lautrop et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. n. urethra, the excretory canal of the urine, the urethra; L. fem. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. urethralis, of or pertaining to the urethra.
Valid publication: ROSSAU (R.), KERSTERS (K.), FALSEN (E.), JANTZEN (E.), SEGERS (P.), UNION (A.), NEHLS (L.) and DE LEY (J.): Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 198-210.
Original article in IJSEM Online