Name: Gallionella Ehrenberg 1838 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gal.li.o.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Gallionella, named for B. Gallion, a customs agent and zoologist (1782-1839) in Dieppe, France

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Gallionell-), gal-li-o-NEL-la

Type species: Gallionella ferruginea Ehrenberg 1838 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ehrenberg CG. Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. L. Voss, Leipzig, 1838.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Gallionellaceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Henrici AT, Johnson D. Stalked bacteria, a new order of Schizomycetes. Journal of Bacteriology 1935; 29:3-4.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Caulobacteraceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Caillionella"; "Callionella"; "Gaillionella"; "Galionella"; "Gallianella"; "Gallinmlla"; "Gallionolla"; "Galliouella"; "Gallirmella"; "Gallitonella"; "Galliunella"; "Galllonella"; "Jallionella"; "Qallionella"; "Uallionella".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "GLNL" 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.
  • 🧍 Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 9). Only conservation of a name, and against a homonym used in botany. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 14. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1954; 4:156-158.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Gallionella acididurans" Kadnikov et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Gallionella capsiferriformans" Emerson et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name
    Gallionella ferruginea Ehrenberg 1838 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Gallionellaceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Henrici AT, Johnson D. Stalked bacteria, a new order of Schizomycetes. Journal of Bacteriology 1935; 29:3-4.

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Record number: 517235