Name: Franklinella Bernard et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Frank.li.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Franklinella, named after Dr. Rosalind Franklin, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in the 1950s while performing research at King’s College London UK

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Franklinell-), frank-li-NEL-la

Type species: Franklinella schreckenbergeri Bernard et al. 2022

Valid publication: Bernard KA, Pacheco AL, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Bernier AM. Assignment of provisionally named CDC group NO-1 strains derived from animal bite wounds and other clinical sources, to genera nova in the family Comamonadaceae: description of Vandammella animalimorsus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Franklinella schreckenbergeri gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5247. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5343.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Allofranklinella Deshmukh and Oren 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allofranklinella Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Allofranklinella Deshmukh and Oren 2023. Publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Allomuricauda gen. nov. and Allofranklinella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Muricauda and Franklinella, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6023. 🇮🇱
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Franklimiella".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCTC: 1; LMG: 1.
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Franklinella Stewart and Hendrix, 1945 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Franklinella Stewart and Hendrix 1945 (fossil ostracod) and Franklinella Lenz 1973 (fossil brachiopod). Publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Allomuricauda gen. nov. and Allofranklinella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Muricauda and Franklinella, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6023. 🇮🇱

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Franklinella schreckenbergeri Bernard et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Bernard KA, Pacheco AL, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Bernier AM. Assignment of provisionally named CDC group NO-1 strains derived from animal bite wounds and other clinical sources, to genera nova in the family Comamonadaceae: description of Vandammella animalimorsus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Franklinella schreckenbergeri gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5247. 🇨🇦

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