Name: Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Emendations:
  • Dewhirst et al. 1993 Dewhirst FE, Chen CK, Paster BJ, Zambon JJ. Phylogeny of species in the family Neisseriaceae isolated from human dental plaque and description of Kingella oralis sp. nov [corrected]. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:490-499. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Henriksen SD, Bovre K. Moraxella kingii sp.nov., a haemolytic, saccharolytic species of the genus Moraxella. J Gen Microbiol 1968; 51:377-385.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Kingeh"; "Kingela"; "Kingelfa"; "Kingelia"; "Kmgella".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 8; DSM: 6; ATCC: 5; CIP: 5; NCTC: 4.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "KNGL" 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: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "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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