Name: Wolbachia Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Wol.bach’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Wolbachia, named after S. Burt Wolbach, who described the rickettsial agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and, in collaboration with Marshall Hertig, studied the rickettsia-like microorganisms of insects

Gender: feminine (stem: Wolbachi-)

Type species: Wolbachia pipientis Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective publication: Hertig M. The rickettsia, Wolbachia pipientis (gen. et sp. n.) and associated inclusions of the mosquito, Culex pipiens. Parasitology 1936; 28:453-486.

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 tribe Wolbachieae Philip 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Breed RS, Philip CB, Nellis L, Couch JN, Cleveland EM, Seeliger H, Morse EV, Clark FE, Starr MP, Pittman M. Symposium on taxonomy. Bacteriol Rev 1955; 19:270-274.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (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.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the tribe Wolbachieae Philip 1955 (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.
  • Dumler et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Walbachia"; "Wnlbachia"; "Wobachia"; "Wohlbachia"; "Wolbacchi"; "Wolbachina"; "Wolbachla"; "Wolbacliia"; "Wolbuchia".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "WLBC" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Wolbachia blaxteri" Ramírez-Puebla et al. 2015	not validly published
    "Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii" Ramírez-Puebla et al. 2015	not validly published
    "Candidatus Wolbachia brugii" Ramírez-Puebla et al. 2015	not validly published
    "Candidatus Wolbachia collembolicola" Ramírez-Puebla et al. 2015	not validly published
    "Candidatus Wolbachia ivorensis" Ehounoud et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Wolbachia massiliensis" Laidoudi et al. 2020	not validly published
    Wolbachia melophagi (Nöller 1917) Philip 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Wolbachia multihospitum" Ramírez-Puebla et al. 2015	not validly published
    "Candidatus Wolbachia onchocercicola" Ramírez-Puebla et al. 2015	not validly published
    Wolbachia persica Suitor and Weiss 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wolbachia pipientis Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Wolbachia taylori" Ramírez-Puebla et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Wolbachia taylorii" corrig. Ramírez-Puebla et al. 2015	not validly published

Parent taxon: Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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