Species Lwoffella lincolnii

Name: Lwoffella lincolnii (Vandamme et al. 1993) Sbissi et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Moraxella lincolnii Vandamme et al. 1993

Etymology: lin.col’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lincolnii, of Lincols, named after K. Lincoln, a Swedish microbiologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lwof-FEL-la lin-KOL-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51388; CCUG 9405; CIP 103802; DSM 19150; LMG 5127

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ417490 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sbissi I, Kammoun I, El May H, Bouzidi T, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6820. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Moraxella lincolnii Vandamme et al. 1993

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moraxella lincolnii Vandamme et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lwoffella Sbissi et al. 2025. Publication: Sbissi I, Kammoun I, El May H, Bouzidi T, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6820. 🇹🇳
  • ❗ Lwoffella lincolnii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Lwoffella.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Moraxella lincolnii Vandamme et al. 1993, which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-07-02.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Lwoffella Sbissi et al. 2025

Assigned by: Sbissi I, Kammoun I, El May H, Bouzidi T, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6820. 🇹🇳

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Record number: 66331