Name: Microscilla Pringsheim 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Micr.os.cil’la. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); L. neut. n. oscillum, a swing; N.L. fem. n. Microscilla, intended to mean small swinging organisms [probably better: Microscillum]

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Microscill-), mikr-os-KIL-la

Type species: Microscilla marina Pringsheim 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pringsheim EG. The Vitreoscillaceae; a family of colourless, gliding, filamentous organisms. J Gen Microbiol 1951; 5:124-149.

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Microscillaceae Hahnke et al. 2017. Publication: 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.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Flexibacteraceae" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Vitreoscillaceae Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the family Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Micmscilla"; "Mieroseilla".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 3; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 3; IFO: 2; CIP: 2; DSM: 2; VKM: 1; KCTC: 1; NCIMB: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MISL" 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Microscilla aggregans" Lewin 1969	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    "Microscilla agilis" Pringsheim 1951	not validly published	preferred name
    "Microscilla arenaria" Lewin 1969	not validly published	preferred name
    "Microscilla furvescens" Lewin 1969	not validly published	preferred name
    Microscilla marina Pringsheim 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Microscilla sericea" Lewin 1969	not validly published	preferred name
    "Microscilla tractuosa" Lewin 1969	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym

Parent taxon: Microscillaceae Hahnke et al. 2017

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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