Name: Leyella Hitch et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Le.yel’la. L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Leyella, named in honour of the contemporary American microbiologist Ruth Ley

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Leyell-), le-YEL-la

Type species: Leyella stercorea (Hayashi et al. 2007) Hitch et al. 2023

Effective publication: 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Segatella Hitch et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Xylanibacter Ueki et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Hoylesella Hitch et al. 2023	heterotypic 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 Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990. Publication: Hayashi H, Shibata K, Sakamoto M, Tomita S, Benno Y. Prevotella copri sp. nov. and Prevotella stercorea sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:941-946. 🇯🇵
  • ❗ Leyella is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; CSUR: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Leyella lascolaii (Diop et al. 2021) Hitch et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Leyella stercorea (Hayashi et al. 2007) Hitch et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Prevotellaceae Krieg 2012

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 36156