Name: Collinsella Kageyama et al. 1999
Etymology: Col.lin.sel’la. L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Collinsella, named to honour Matthew D. Collins, a contemporary English microbiologist, for his outstanding contribution to microbial taxonomy and phylogeny
Gender: feminine (stem: Collinsell-)
Type species: Collinsella aerofaciens (Eggerth 1935) Kageyama et al. 1999
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Kageyama A, Benno Y, Nakase T. Phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence for the transfer of Eubacterium aerofaciens to the genus Collinsella as Collinsella aerofaciens gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:557-565.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 14
Parent taxon: Coriobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997
Assigned by:
Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
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