Name: Mobiluncus Spiegel and Roberts 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mo.bi.lun’cus L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, capable of movement, active; L. masc. n. uncus, 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Falcivibrio Hammann et al. 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Emendations:
  • 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mobiluncus curtisii Spiegel and Roberts 1984	validly published	correct name
    Mobiluncus holmesii (Spiegel and Roberts 1984) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Mobiluncus mulieris Spiegel and Roberts 1984	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López L, Meier-Kolthoff JP, et al. Genome-based taxonomic classication of the phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2007; 2018:9.

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