Name: Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Veil.lo.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Veillonella, named after Adrien Veillon, the French microbiologist who isolated the type species

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Veillonell-), we͡il-lo-NEL-la

Type species: Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Prévot AR. Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobies. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 1933; 15:23-260.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Mays et al. 1982 Mays TD, Holdeman LV, Moore WEC, Rogosa M, Johnson JL. Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:28-36.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 6 new species in the genus.
  • Aujoulat et al. 2014 Aujoulat F, Bouvet P, Jumas-Bilak E, Jean-Pierre H, Marchandin H. Veillonella seminalis sp. nov., a novel anaerobic Gram-stain-negative coccus from human clinical samples, and emended description of the genus Veillonella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3526-3531. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:5-6.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rogosa M. Transfer of Veillonella Prévot and Acidaminococcus Rogosa from Neisseriaceae to Veillonellaceae fam. nov., and the Inclusion of Megasphaera Rogosa in Veillonellaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:231-233.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Veillonellales 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.
  • 🧕 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. (1948) assigned this genus to the family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (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.
  • 🧕 Campbell et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the order Veillonellales 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.
  • 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Micrococceae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • 🧕 Prevot (1940) assigned this genus to the tribe "Veillonelleae". Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Veillon A, Zuber A. Recherches sur quelques microbes strictement anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. Archives de Mèdecine Expérimentale et d'Anatomie Pathologique 1898; 10:517-545.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Feillonella"; "Ieillonella"; "Vaillonella"; "Vailonella"; "Vcillonella"; "Veiilonella"; "Veillanclla"; "Veillanella"; "Veillcmella"; "Veillmuslla"; "Veillnnella"; "Veillonalla"; "Veillonela"; "Veillonellu"; "Veillonolla"; "Veilloriella"; "Veillunella"; "Veillzmella"; "Veilonella"; "Veirlonella"; "Veitlonella"; "Vgillonella"; "Yeillonella".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Mashima-Usami et al. (2025), Mashima et al. (2018). 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: 14; JCM: 11; ATCC: 10; NCTC: 8; CCUG: 8; CIP: 4; KCTC: 3; NBRC: 1; CGMCC: 1; B: 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.
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), "Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale" is erroneously cited as "Annales Societe Nature". Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "VEIL" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 21
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 22
Total number of child taxa: 28

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Veillonella absiana Bai et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella agrestimuris Afrizal et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella alcalescens Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Veillonella atypica (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Veillonella atypica" Drancourt et al. 2004	not validly published	preferred name
    Veillonella caviae Mays et al. 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella criceti (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella denticariosi Byun et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Veillonella discoides" (Prévot 1933) Pelczar 1957	not validly published	preferred name
    Veillonella dispar (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Veillonella faecalis" Yang et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Veillonella fallax Afrizal et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella hominis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella infantium Mashima et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella intestinalis Afrizal et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella magna Kraatz and Taras 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella montpellierensis Jumas-Bilak et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella nakazawae Mashima et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Veillonella orbiculus" (Tissier 1908) Pelczar 1957	not validly published	preferred name
    Veillonella orientalis Mashima-Usami et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella ratti (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella rodentium (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella rogosae Arif et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Veillonella sanguinis" Heng et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Veillonella seminalis Aujoulat et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Veillonella tobetsuensis Mashima et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Veillonella vulvovaginitidis" (Reynes 1947) Pelczar 1957	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rogosa M. Transfer of Veillonella Prévot and Acidaminococcus Rogosa from Neisseriaceae to Veillonellaceae fam. nov., and the Inclusion of Megasphaera Rogosa in Veillonellaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:231-233.

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