Name: Aquicella Santos et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.qui.cel’la. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. fem. n. cella, a chamber, closet, cabinet (in biology, a cell); N.L. fem. n. Aquicella, a cell from a water

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Aquicell-), a-kwi-KEL-la

Type species: Aquicella lusitana Santos et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Santos P, Pinhal I, Rainey FA, Empadinhas N, Costa J, Fields B, Benson R, Verissimo A, Da Costa MS. Gamma-proteobacteria Aquicella lusitana gen. nov., sp. nov., and Aquicella siphonis sp. nov. infect protozoa and require activated charcoal for growth in laboratory media. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:6533-6540.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 95. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Saini and Gupta 2021 Saini N, Gupta RS. A robust phylogenetic framework for members of the order Legionellales and its main genera (Legionella, Aquicella, Coxiella and Rickettsiella) based on phylogenomic analyses and identification of molecular markers demarcating different clades. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:957-982. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 35. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5164.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aquacella".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 2; DSM: 2; LMG: 2; CCUG: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquicella lusitana Santos et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquicella siphonis Santos et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Coxiellaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.

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Record number: 515159