Genus Mobiluncus
Name: Mobiluncus Spiegel and Roberts 1984
Etymology: Mo.bi.lun’cus. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, movable, mobile; L. masc. n. uncus, a hook; N.L. masc. n. Mobiluncus, a motile curved rod
Type species: Mobiluncus curtisii Spiegel and Roberts 1984
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Spiegel CA, Roberts M. Mobiluncus gen. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. curtisii sp. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. holmesii subsp. nov., and Mobiluncus mulieris sp. nov., curved rods from the human vagina. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:177-184. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Falcivibrio Hammann et al. 1984 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Hoyles et al. 2004
Hoyles L, Collins MD, Falsen E, Nikolaitchouk N, McCartney AL. Transfer of members of the genus Falcivibrio to the genus Mobiluncus, and emended description of the genus Mobiluncus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:72-83.
Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 1. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:7-8.
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Hoyles et al. 2004
Hoyles L, Collins MD, Falsen E, Nikolaitchouk N, McCartney AL. Transfer of members of the genus Falcivibrio to the genus Mobiluncus, and emended description of the genus Mobiluncus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:72-83.
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Notes:
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Mobilucus"; "Mobilunus".
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This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Goldberg HS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Gram-Negative Anaerobic Rods: Minutes of the Meeting, 5 and 6 September 1986, Manchester, England. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1988; 38:225-225.
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This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Goldberg HS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Gram-Negative Anaerobic Rods: Minutes of the Meeting, 5 and 6 September 1986, Manchester, England. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 1988; 38:225-225.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Mobiluncus curtisii Spiegel and Roberts 1984 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mobiluncus holmesii (Spiegel and Roberts 1984) Nouioui et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mobiluncus mulieris Spiegel and Roberts 1984 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mobiluncus porci Wylensek et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
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Record number: 516109