Name: Mobiluncus mulieris Spiegel and Roberts 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.li.e’ris L. n. mulier -eris, a woman, a female; L. gen. fem. n. mulieris, of a woman

Gender: masculine

Type strains: ATCC 35243; CCUG 20071; DSM 25311; LMG 7787; NCTC 11658; strain SV17J

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ427625 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Spiegel CA, Roberts M. Mobiluncus gen. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. curtisii sp. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. holmesii subsp. nov., and Mobiluncus mulieris sp. nov., curved rods from the human vagina. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:177-184.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Falcivibrio grandis Hammann et al. 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Emendations:
  • Hoyles et al. 2004 Hoyles L, Collins MD, Falsen E, Nikolaitchouk N, McCartney AL. Transfer of members of the genus Falcivibrio to the genus Mobiluncus, and emended description of the genus Mobiluncus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:72-83. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 1. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:7-8.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • According to Hoyles et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Falcivibrio grandis Hammann et al. 1984. Publication: Hoyles L, Collins MD, Falsen E, Nikolaitchouk N, McCartney AL. Transfer of members of the genus Falcivibrio to the genus Mobiluncus, and emended description of the genus Mobiluncus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:72-83.

Parent taxon: Mobiluncus Spiegel and Roberts 1984

Assigned by: Spiegel CA, Roberts M. Mobiluncus gen. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. curtisii sp. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. holmesii subsp. nov., and Mobiluncus mulieris sp. nov., curved rods from the human vagina. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:177-184.

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