Name: Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. [σελήνη] selênê, the moon; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Selenomonas, moon (-shaped) monad

Gender: feminine

Type species: Selenomonas sputigena (Flügge 1886) Boskamp 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Von Prowazek S. Zur Parasitologie von Westafrika. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1913; 70:32-36.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015. Publication: Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215.
  • Nomenclatural type of 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.
  • 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.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: 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.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: 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.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Spirillum Ehrenberg 1832 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Selenomonas acidaminovorans Guangsheng et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Selenomonas artemidis Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas bovis Zhang and Dong 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas dianae Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Selenomonas felix" Kuete et al. 2019	not validly published
    Selenomonas flueggei Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas infelix Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas lacticifex Schleifer et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas lipolytica Dighe et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Selenomonas massiliensis" Belkacemi et al. 2018	not validly published
    Selenomonas noxia Moore et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas ruminantium (Certes 1889) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenomonas sputigena (Flügge 1886) Boskamp 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015

Assigned by: Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215.

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