Genus Oscillospira
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
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).
Oscillospira Chatton and Pérard 1913, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 [Approved Lists 1980]).
Type species: ¤ Oscillospira guilliermondii corrig. Chatton and Pérard 1913 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. n. oscillum, a swing; L. fem. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Oscillospira, the oscillating spiral.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: CHATTON (E.) and PERARD (C.): Schizophytes du caecum du cobaye. I. Oscillospira guilliermondi n.g., n.sp. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie (Paris), 1913, 74, 1159-1162.
Oscillospira guilliermondii corrig. Chatton and Pérard 1913, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) no culture isolated.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Oscillaria caviae" Simons 1920, according to Simons 1922.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. guilliermondii, of Guilliermond, named for A. Guilliermond, a French biologist.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: CHATTON (E.) and PERARD (C.): Schizophytes du caecum du cobaye. I. Oscillospira guilliermondi n.g., n.sp. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie (Paris), 1913, 74, 1159-1162.
Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, guilliermondi (sic), has been corrected by Hill et al. 1984.
Reference: HILL (L.R.), SKERMAN (V.B.D.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.): Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 508-511.
Original article in IJSEM Online