Genus Buchananella

Name: Buchananella Nouioui et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Bu.cha.na.nel’la. L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Buchananella, named after Robert E. Buchanan, an American microbiologist who made significant contributions to prokaryotic systematics

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Buchananell-), bu-k^ha-na-NEL-la

Type species: Buchananella hordeovulneris (Buchanan et al. 1984) Nouioui et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Buchanan AM, Scott JL, Gerencser MA, Beaman BL, Jang S, Biberstein EL. Actinomyces hordeovulneris sp. nov., an agent of canine actinomycosis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:439-443.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UCD: 2; DSM: 2; CIP: 1; CCOS: 1; CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1.

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
    Buchananella felis Feyer et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Buchananella hordeovulneris (Buchanan et al. 1984) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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