Name: Quinella Krumholz et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Qui.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Quinella, named after the pioneering ruminologist, J.I. Quin, who described the organism in some detail (Quin, 1943)

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Quinell-), kwi-NEL-la

Type species: Quinella ovalis Krumholz et al. 1993

Valid publication: Krumholz LR, Bryant MP, Brulla WJ, Vicini JL, Clark JH, Stahl DA. Proposal of Quinella ovalis gen. nov., sp. nov., based on phylogenetic analysis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:293-296. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:625.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Acidaminococcaceae". 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Heng et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015. Publication: Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6937. 🇸🇬
  • 🧕 Marchandin et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the order Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010. Publication: Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Campos J, Jean-Pierre H, Roger F, Gay B, Carlier JP, Jumas-Bilak E. Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1271-1279. 🇫🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ouinella"; "Quirzella".

Subdivision:

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Quinella ovalis Krumholz et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class 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. 19-20. 🇧🇪

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