Genus: Wolinella

Name: Wolinella Tanner et al. 1981

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Wo.lin.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Wolinella, named after M.J. Wolin, American bacteriologist who first isolated the type species

Gender: feminine (stem: Wolinell-)

Type species: Wolinella succinogenes (Wolin et al. 1961) Tanner et al. 1981

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tanner ACR, Badger S, Lai CH, Listgarten MA, Visconti RA, Socransky SS. Wolinella gen. nov., Wolinella succinogenes (Vibrio succinogenes Wolin et al.) comb. nov., and description of Bacteroides gracilis sp. nov., Wolinella recta sp. nov., Campylobacter concisus sp. nov., and Eikenella corrodens from humans with periodontal disease. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:432-445.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Wofinella"; "Wolineffa"; "Wolinelfa"; "Wolinelh"; "Wollinella"; "Wulinella".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01100 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; CCUG: 4; ATCC: 3; CIP: 3; NCTC: 3; JCM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Wolinella africana" corrig. Bohr et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Wolinella africanus" Bohr et al. 2003	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Wolinella curva Tanner et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wolinella recta Tanner et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wolinella succinogenes (Wolin et al. 1961) Tanner et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Helicobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Helicobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1168.

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Record number: 516927