Etymology:Neiss.er’i.a.N.L. fem. n.Neisseria, named after Albert Neisser, who discovered the etiological agent of gonorrhea in the pus of patients in 1889
Effective publication:
Trevisan V. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 1885; 3:92-107.
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, conserved name
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
Nomenclatural type of the family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Prévot AR. Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobies. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 1933; 15:23-260.
Nomenclatural type of the order Neisseriales Tønjum 2006.Publication:
Tønjum T. Order IV. Neisseriales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 774.
Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Micrococceae".Publication:
Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
Prevot (1940) assigned this genus to the tribe "Neisserieae".Publication:
Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe "Neissereae".Publication:
Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Merismopedia Meyen 1839.Publication:
Zopf W. Die Spaltpilze, 3rd ed. Edward Trewendt, Breslau, 1885.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Meisseria"; "Nefsseria"; "Nehseria"; "Neisaeria"; "Neiseria"; "Neiserria"; "Neisscria"; "Neisseiua"; "Neissena"; "Neissenia"; "Neissera"; "Neissereia"; "Neisseriia"; "Neisseriu"; "Neisserla"; "Neisserm"; "Neisserria"; "Neissesia"; "Neissevia"; "Neissexia"; "Neissrria"; "Neisxeria"; "Neixscria"; "Neixseria"; "Nekseria"; "Nelsseria"; "Nesseiria"; "Nesseria"; "Netsseria"; "Xeisseria"; "Yeisseria".
Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Wolfgang et al. (2013). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 32; ATCC: 29; CCUG: 27; CIP: 20; NCTC: 19; LMG: 16; JCM: 3; CGMCC: 2; NRRL: 1; NBRC: 1.
Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 13). No counterpart given against which the name is conserved.Publication:
Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 14. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1954; 4:156-158.
Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "NEIS" 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.
See also Bennett et al. (2012).Publication:
Bennett JS, Jolley KA, Earle SG, Corton C, Bentley SD, Parkhill J, Maiden MCJ. A genomic approach to bacterial taxonomy: an examination and proposed reclassification of species within the genus Neisseria. Microbiology (Reading) 2012; 158:1570-1580.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 29 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 34 Total number of child taxa: 40
Assigned by:
Prévot AR. Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobies. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 1933; 15:23-260.
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