Name: Hallella Moore and Moore 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hall.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Hallella, named in honor of Ivan C. Hall, a United States microbiologist

Gender: feminine (stem: Hallell-)

Type species: Hallella seregens Moore and Moore 1994

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moore LV, Moore WE. Oribaculum catoniae gen. nov., sp. nov.; Catonella morbi gen. nov., sp. nov.; Hallella seregens gen. nov., sp. nov.; Johnsonella ignava gen. nov., sp. nov.; and Dialister pneumosintes gen. nov., comb. nov., nom. rev., Anaerobic gram-negative bacilli from the human gingival crevice. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:187-192.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Hitch et al. 2022 Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.
    Notes:
    • As of 2022-10-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Hallela"; "Halvella"; "Hullella".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Olsen I, Shah HN. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1943-1944.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Olsen I, Shah HN. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Minutes of the meetings, 9 and 10 July 2000, Manchester, UK. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:1943-1944.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 3; CCUG: 2; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • In the paper by Moore and Moore 1994, the gender of the genus Hallela is erroneously cited as masculine. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Hallella bergensis" (Downes et al. 2006) Hitch et al. 2022	not validly published
    "Hallella faecis" Hitch et al. 2022	not validly published
    "Hallella multisaccharivorax" (Sakamoto et al. 2005) Hitch et al. 2022	not validly published
    Hallella seregens Moore and Moore 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Prevotellaceae Krieg 2012

Assigned by: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

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