Name: Lwoffella Sbissi et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lwof.fel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Lwoffella, named in honour of André Lwoff, a pioneering microbiologist whose contributions significantly advanced the taxonomy of Moraxella and bacterial systematics

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Lwoffell-), lwof-FEL-la

Type species: Lwoffella lincolnii (Vandamme et al. 1993) Sbissi et al. 2025

Valid publication: Sbissi I, Kammoun I, El May H, Bouzidi T, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6820. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name
    Branhamella Catlin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	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 Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Vandamme P, Gillis M, Vancanneyt M, Hoste B, Kersters K, Falsen E. Moraxella lincolnii sp. nov., isolated from the human respiratory tract, and reevaluation of the taxonomic position of Moraxella osloensis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:474-481. 🇧🇪
  • ❗ Lwoffella 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: ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1; LMG: 1; DSM: 1; CIP: 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: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lwoffella lincolnii (Vandamme et al. 1993) Sbissi et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Moraxellaceae Rossau et al. 1991

Assigned by: Sbissi I, Kammoun I, El May H, Bouzidi T, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6820. 🇹🇳

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