Name: Oribaculum Moore and Moore 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.ri.ba.cu.lum. L. neut. n. os (gen. oris), the mouth; L. neut. n. baculum, a stick, staff; N.L. neut. n. Oribaculum, rod from the mouth

Gender: neuter (stem: Oribacul-)

Type species: Oribaculum catoniae Moore and Moore 1994

Valid publication: Moore LV, Moore WE. Oribaculum catoniae gen. nov., sp. nov.; Catonella morbi gen. nov., sp. nov.; Hallella seregens gen. nov., sp. nov.; Johnsonella ignava gen. nov., sp. nov.; and Dialister pneumosintes gen. nov., comb. nov., nom. rev., Anaerobic gram-negative bacilli from the human gingival crevice. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:187-192.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Porphyromonas Shah and Collins 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Porphyromonas Shah and Collins 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Porphyromonas Shah and Collins 1988. Publication: Willems A, Collins MD. Reclassification of Oribaculum catoniae (Moore and Moore 1994) as Porphyromonas catoniae comb. nov. and emendation of the genus Porphyromonas. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:578-581.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Oribuculum".
  • Oribaculum is the correct name if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1; NCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oribaculum catoniae Moore and Moore 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Porphyromonadaceae Krieg 2012

Assigned by: Krieg NR. Family IV. Porphyromonadaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 61.

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