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Genus Oscillospira
Name: Oscillospira Chatton and Pérard 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Os.cil.lo.spi’ra. L. neut. n. oscillum, a swing; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Oscillospira, the oscillating spiral
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Oscillospir-), os-kil-lo-SPI-ra
Type species: Oscillospira guilliermondii corrig. Chatton and Pérard 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication: Chatton E, Perard C. Schizophytes du caecum du cobaye. I. Oscillospira guilliermondi n.g., n.sp. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie (Paris) 1913; 74:1159-1162.
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
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Peshkoff MA. [Phylogenics of new microbes Caryophanon latum and Caryophanon tenus - intermediate organisms between the Cyanophyceae and Bacteria]. Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii 1940; 1:597-617.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Oscillospirales" Glendinning et al. 2020.
Publication:
Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2020; 21:34.
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- 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Streptococcaceae Deibel and Seeley 1974 (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. 🇺🇸
- 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010. Publication: Rainey FA. Family VIII. Ruminococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 1016. 🇧🇪
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oscillaspira".
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "OSSP" 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Oscillospira guilliermondi Chatton and Pérard 1913 (Approved Lists 1980) inaccurate spelling misspelling Oscillospira guilliermondii corrig. Chatton and Pérard 1913 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (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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Record number: 516230
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