Name: Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: King.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Kingella, named after Elizabeth O. King, an American bacteriologist
Gender: feminine (stem: Kingell-)
Type species: Kingella kingae (Henriksen and Bøvre 1968) Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Henriksen SD, Bøvre K. Transfer of Moraxella kingae Henriksen and Bøvre to the genus Kingella gen. nov. in the family Neisseriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:447-450.
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 8
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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"Kingella bonacorsii" Antezack et al. 2021 | not validly published | |
Kingella denitrificans Snell and Lapage 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Kingella indologenes Snell and Lapage 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Kingella kingae (Henriksen and Bøvre 1968) Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Kingella negevensis El Houmami et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Kingella orale Dewhirst et al. 1993 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Kingella oralis corrig. Dewhirst et al. 1993 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Kingella potus Lawson et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Henriksen SD, Bøvre K. Transfer of Moraxella kingae Henriksen and Bøvre to the genus Kingella gen. nov. in the family Neisseriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:447-450.
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Record number: 515886