Genus Oscillospira
Name: Oscillospira Chatton and Pérard 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: L. neut. n. oscillum, a swing; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Oscillospira, the oscillating spiral
Type species: Oscillospira guilliermondii corrig. Chatton and Pérard 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication: Chatton E, Pérard 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.
- 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.
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) orthographic variant 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: 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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