Name: Capsularis Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. dim. n. capsula, a small box or chest; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -aris, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. n. Capsularis, intended to mean a capsulated bacterium

Gender: masculine

Type species: Capsularis zoogleoformans corrig. (Weinberg et al. 1937) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Xylanibacter Ueki et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Prevot (1940) assigned this genus to the family "Ristellaceae" Prevot 1938. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • Capsularis is the correct name if this genus is regarded as a separate genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Capsularis zoogleiformans (Weinberg et al. 1937) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Capsularis zoogleoformans corrig. (Weinberg et al. 1937) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Prevotellaceae Krieg 2012

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Record number: 517195