Name: Oscillochloris Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Os.cil.lo.chlo’ris. N.L. pres. part. oscillans, oscillating; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. fem. n. Oscillochloris, oscillating green (bacterium)

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Oscillochlorid-), os-kil-lo-K^HLO-ris

Type species: Oscillochloris chrysea Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gorlenko VM, Pivovarova TA. On the assignment of the blue-green alga Oscillatoria coerulescens Gicklhorn, 1921, to the new genus of Chlorobacteria oscillochloris nov. gen. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol. 1977; 3:396-409.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Keppen et al. 2000 Keppen OI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Ivanovsky RN, Gorlenko VM. Proposal of Oscillochloridaceae fam. nov. on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, and emended description of Oscillochloris and Oscillochloris trichoides in comparison with further new isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1529-1537. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1701-1702.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Oscillochloridaceae Keppen et al. 2000. Publication: Keppen OI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Ivanovsky RN, Gorlenko VM. Proposal of Oscillochloridaceae fam. nov. on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, and emended description of Oscillochloris and Oscillochloris trichoides in comparison with further new isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1529-1537.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Chloroflexaceae". 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Chlorobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oscillochlmis"; "Oscillochlo"; "Oscillochluris"; "Oscillochoris"; "Osclllochloris".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "OSCL" 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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oscillochloris chrysea Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Oscillochloris fontis" Gaisin et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Oscillochloris kuznetsovii" Gaisin et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Oscillochloris trichoides (ex Szafer 1910) Gorlenko and Korotkov 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillochloridaceae Keppen et al. 2000

Assigned by: Keppen OI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Ivanovsky RN, Gorlenko VM. Proposal of Oscillochloridaceae fam. nov. on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, and emended description of Oscillochloris and Oscillochloris trichoides in comparison with further new isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1529-1537.

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