Oligella

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Oligella

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Oligella Rossau et al. 1987, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oligella urethralis (Lautrop et al. 1970) Rossau et al. 1987.
Etymology: Gr. adj. oligos, little, not copious, scanty; L. dim. ending -ella, little; N.L. fem. dim. n. Oligella, intended to mean a small bacterium with limited nutritional properties.
Reference: ROSSAU (R.), KERSTERS (K.), FALSEN (E.), JANTZEN (E.), SEGERS (P.), UNION (A.), NEHLS (L.) and DE LEY (J.): Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 198-210.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)

Oligella ureolytica Rossau et al. 1987, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 43534 = CDC C379 = CCUG 1465 Aa = CIP 103114 = LMG 6519.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ251912.
Etymology: N.L. n. urea, urea; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos -ê -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. ureolytica, dissolving (hydrolyzing) urea.
Reference: ROSSAU (R.), KERSTERS (K.), FALSEN (E.), JANTZEN (E.), SEGERS (P.), UNION (A.), NEHLS (L.) and DE LEY (J.): Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 198-210.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Oligella ureolytica Rossau et al. 1987 was previously known as CDC group IVe.

Oligella urethralis (Lautrop et al. 1970) Rossau et al. 1987, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17960 = CDC 7603 = CCUG 13463 = CCUG 37823 = CIP 103116 = DSM 7531 = IFO (now NBRC) 14589 = JCM 20913 = LMG 5303 = LMG 1015 = NCTC 12964.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF133538.
Basonym: ¤ Moraxella urethralis Lautrop et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. n. urethra, the excretory canal of the urine, the urethra; L. fem. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. urethralis, of or pertaining to the urethra.
Reference: ROSSAU (R.), KERSTERS (K.), FALSEN (E.), JANTZEN (E.), SEGERS (P.), UNION (A.), NEHLS (L.) and DE LEY (J.): Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 198-210.
Original article in IJSEM Online