Name: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

Gender: feminine (stem: Neisseri-)

Type species: Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Zopf 1885) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Risk group: 2

• 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.
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Neisserieae". Publication: Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the subclass "Neisseriidae" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Meisseria"; "Ncisseria"; "Nefsscria"; "Nefsseria"; "Nehseria"; "Neisaeria"; "Neiseria"; "Neiserria"; "Neisscria"; "Neisseira"; "Neisseiua"; "Neissena"; "Neissenia"; "Neissera"; "Neissereia"; "Neisseriam"; "Neisseriia"; "Neisseriu"; "Neisserla"; "Neisserm"; "Neisserria"; "Neissesia"; "Neissevia"; "Neissexia"; "Neissieria"; "Neissrria"; "Neisxeria"; "Neixscria"; "Neixseria"; "Nekseria"; "Nelsseria"; "Nesseiria"; "Nesseria"; "Netsseria"; "Nuisseria"; "Xeisseria"; "Yeisseria".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Wolfgang et al. (2013), Volokhov et al. (2023). 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: 28; NCTC: 22; CIP: 21; JCM: 4; CGMCC: 2; KCTC: 2; NBRC: 1; NRRL: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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.
  • 🧍 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: 33
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 38
Total number of child taxa: 44

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Neisseria animalis Berger 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria animaloris Vandamme et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria arctica Hansen et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria bacilliformis Han et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Neisseria brasiliensis" Mustapha et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Neisseria canis Berger 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria caviae Pelczar 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Neisseria chenwenguii" Zhang et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Neisseria cinerea (von Lingelsheim 1906) Murray 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria cuniculi Berger 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Neisseria denitrificans Berger 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Neisseria dentiae Sneath and Barrett 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria dumasiana Wroblewski et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria elongata Bøvre and Holten 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria flava Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria flavescens Branham 1930 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Zopf 1885) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Neisseria haemolysans" Thjøtta and Bøe 1938	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)
    Neisseria iguanae Barrett et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Neisseria kochii" Morse and Knapp 1991	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Neisseria lactamica corrig. Hollis et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria lactamicus Hollis et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Neisseria leonii Boutroux et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria lisongii Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria macacae Vedros et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria meningitidis (Albrecht and Ghon 1901) Murray 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria montereyensis Volokhov et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria mucosa Véron et al. 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria musculi Weyand et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria oralis Wolfgang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria ovis Lindqvist 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Neisseria perflava Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria polysaccharea Riou and Guibourdenche 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria shayeganii Wolfgang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria sicca (von Lingelsheim 1908) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Neisseria skkuensis" Lee et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Neisseria subflava (Flügge 1886) Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria wadsworthii Wolfgang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria weaveri Holmes et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria weaveri Andersen et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name, later homonym	synonym
    Neisseria weixii Zhang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria yangbaofengii Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria zalophi Volokhov et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria zoodegmatis Vandamme et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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