Name: Oligella Rossau et al. 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. oligos, little, not copious, scanty; L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Oligella, intended to mean a small bacterium with limited nutritional properties

Gender: feminine (stem: Oligell-)

Type species: Oligella urethralis (Lautrop et al. 1970) Rossau et al. 1987

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rossau R, Kersters K, Falsen E, Jantzen E, Segers P, Union A, Nehls L, De Ley J. Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:198-210.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lautrop H, Bøvre K, Frederiksen W. A Moraxella-like microorganism isolated from the genito-urinary tract of man. Acta Pathologica et Bacteriologica Scandinavica, Section B 1970; 78:255-256.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Oligela"; "Oligelia"; "Oligellia"; "Oltgella".
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04049 (N = 4).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 3; CCUG: 3; ATCC: 2; CIP: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 1; NBRC: 1; NCTC: 1; IFO: 1.
  • Oligella Rossau et al. 1987 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Oligella Motschoulsky 1869. Principle 2 of the 2008 Code is not retroactive, so the name does not contravene the Cide because of this earlier homonym. — Crook M. Personal communication, 2021-08-19.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "OLGL" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oligella ureolytica Rossau et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oligella urethralis (Lautrop et al. 1970) Rossau et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986

Assigned by: Rossau R, Kersters K, Falsen E, Jantzen E, Segers P, Union A, Nehls L, De Ley J. Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:198-210.

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