Name: Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Se.le.no’mo.nas. Gr. fem. n. selênê, the moon; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Selenomonas, moon (-shaped) monad

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Selenomonad-), se-le-NO-mo-nas

Type species: Selenomonas sputigena (Flügge 1886) Boskamp 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Von Prowazek S. Zur Parasitologie von Westafrika. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1913; 70:32-36.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Ancyromonas" Kent 1881	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Negativicutes Marchandin et al. 2010. Publication: Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Campos J, Jean-Pierre H, Roger F, Gay B, Carlier JP, Jumas-Bilak E. Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1271-1279. 🇫🇷
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015. Publication: Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215. 🇨🇦
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010. Publication: Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Campos J, Jean-Pierre H, Roger F, Gay B, Carlier JP, Jumas-Bilak E. Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1271-1279. 🇫🇷
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Acidaminococcaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Selenobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class "Halanaerobiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🧕 Marchandin et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the order Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010. Publication: Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Campos J, Jean-Pierre H, Roger F, Gay B, Carlier JP, Jumas-Bilak E. Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1271-1279. 🇫🇷
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Spirillum" Hassall 1845. Publication: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, Auflage 2. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sclcnomonas"; "Sclenomonas"; "Sefenomonas"; "Selellomonas"; "Selenanas"; "Selenemonas"; "Selenomomas"; "Selenonionas"; "Selenonionns"; "Selenornonas"; "Selenwmas"; "Seleraomonas"; "Seleriomonas"; "Selonomonas"; "Selrnomonus"; "Setenomonas"; "Solenomonas".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Poothong et al. (2024). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 12; ATCC: 10; JCM: 9; CSUR: 3; CECT: 2; KCTC: 2; CGMCC: 1; CCUG: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SEMN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 See also Anonymous (1955). Publication: Anonymous NN. Status of the Generic Name Selenomonas von Prowazek: Judicial Commission Preliminary Statement. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1955; 5:7-10.
  • 🧍 Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 21). Only conservation of a name, and with a new nomenclatural type. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 21. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1958; 8:163-165.
  • 🧍 This name was treated in Judicial Opinion 20. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 20. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1958; 8:160-162.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 15
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 16
Total number of child taxa: 18

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Selenomonas acidaminophila" Nanninga et al. 1987	not validly published	synonym
    Selenomonas acidaminovorans Guangsheng et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Selenomonas artemidis Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas bovis Zhang and Dong 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas caprae Poothong et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas dianae Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas felix Kuete et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas flueggei Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas infelix Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas lacticifex Schleifer et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas lipolytica Dighe et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Selenomonas massiliensis" Belkacemi et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Selenomonas montiformis Wylensek et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas noxia Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas ruminantium (Certes 1889) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas ruminis Poothong et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas sputigena (Flügge 1886) Boskamp 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, lectotype	correct name
    Selenomonas timonae Antezack et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015

Assigned by: Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215. 🇨🇦

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