Etymology:
Fran.ci.sel’la. L. fem. dim. n. suff.-ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n.Francisella, named after Edward Francis, American bacteriologist, who extensively studied the aetiological agent and pathogenesis of tularaemia and is credited with naming the disease
Effective publication:
Dorofeev KA. Classification of the causative agent of tularemia. Symposium Research Works Institute Epidemiology and Microbiology Chita 1947; 1:170-180.
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
Emendations:
Huber et al. 2010
Huber B, Escudero R, Busse HJ, Seibold E, Scholz HC, Anda P, Kampfer P, Splettstoesser WD. Description of Francisella hispaniensis sp. nov., isolated from human blood, reclassification of Francisella novicida (Larson et al. 1955) Olsufiev et al. 1959 as Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Francisella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1887-1896.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Francisellaceae Sjöstedt 2005.Publication:
Sjöstedt AB. Family III. Francisellaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 199-200.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Francisellales Chuvochina et al. 2024.Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Francisellales Chuvochina et al. 2024.Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831.Publication:
McCoy GW, Chapin CW. Further observations on a plague-like disease of rodents with a preliminary note on the causative agent, Bacterium tularense. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1912; 10:61-72.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Fracisella"; "Francesella"; "Franciesella"; "Franciscella"; "Francisclla"; "Francissella"; "Franclsella"; "Francrsella"; "Fransciscella"; "Fransicella"; "Froncisella".
🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Gargani G, Lopez-Merino A. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology, Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Brucella correspondence report (interim report 1991-1993). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1167-1168.
💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ottem et al. (2009). 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: 10; ATCC: 7; CCUG: 6; LMG: 4; CIP: 2; NCIMB: 1; NBRC: 1; NCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1; NRRL: 1.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FRCL" 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: 9 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12 Total number of child taxa: 20
Assigned by:
Sjöstedt AB. Family III. Francisellaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 199-200.
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