Name: Vitreoscilla Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Vi.tre.os.cil’la. L. masc. adj. vitreus, vitreous, clear, transparent; L. neut. n. oscillum, a swing; N.L. fem. n. Vitreoscilla, transparent swing, transparent oscillator [probably better: Vitreoscillum]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Vitreoscill-), wi-tre-os-KIL-la

Type species: Vitreoscilla beggiatoides Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pringsheim EG. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BACTERIA AND MYXOPHYCEAE. Bacteriol Rev 1949; 13:47-98.

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Vitreoscillaceae Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pringsheim EG. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BACTERIA AND MYXOPHYCEAE. Bacteriol Rev 1949; 13:47-98.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Vitreoscillaceae Pringsheim 1949 (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.
  • 🧕 Pringsheim (1949) assigned this genus to the family Vitreoscillaceae Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pringsheim EG. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BACTERIA AND MYXOPHYCEAE. Bacteriol Rev 1949; 13:47-98.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Vilreoscilla"; "Virreoscilla"; "Vitrcoscilla"; "Vitreascilla"; "Vitreoscilia"; "Vitreoscillrr"; "Vitreoscula"; "Vitreosoiila"; "Vitroescilla"; "Vitroscilla"; "Vitveoscilla".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; DSM: 3; CSUR: 2; LMG: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "VITR" 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: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Vitreoscilla beggiatoides Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Vitreoscilla catenula" Pringsheim 1951	not validly published	preferred name
    "Vitreoscilla conica" Pringsheim 1951	not validly published	preferred name
    Vitreoscilla filiformis (ex Pringsheim 1951) Strohl et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Vitreoscilla filiformis" Pringsheim 1951	not validly published	synonym
    "Vitreoscilla flagellum" Pringsheim 1949	not validly published	preferred name
    "Vitreoscilla marina" Pringsheim 1949	not validly published	preferred name
    "Vitreoscilla massiliensis" Ndongo et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Vitreoscilla massiliensis Ndongo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Vitreoscilla moniliformis" Pringsheim 1949	not validly published	preferred name
    "Vitreoscilla paludosa" Pringsheim 1951	not validly published	preferred name
    Vitreoscilla stercoraria Pringsheim 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24. 🇨🇦

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