Name: "Peptococcus morbillorum" (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Diplococcus morbillorum" Prévot 1933

Etymology: mor.bil.lo’rum. N.L. gen. masc. pl. n. morbillorum, of measles, once considered to be associated with measles

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 27824; CCUG 15561; CCUG 18164; CIP 81.10; DSM 20572; JCM 12968; LMG 18985; NCTC 11323; Prevot 2917B; Prévot 2917B; VPI 5424

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC096237 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Eubacterium. In: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC (eds), Anaerobe Laboratory Manual, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1972, p. 39-47.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gemella morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Diplococcus morbillorum" Prévot 1933	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Streptococcus morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Gemella morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Peptostreptococcus morbillorum" (Prévot 1933) Smith 1957	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Peptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Eubacterium. In: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC (eds), Anaerobe Laboratory Manual, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1972, p. 39-47.

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Record number: 19857