Name: Mobiluncus Spiegel and Roberts 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mo.bi.lun’cus. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, movable, mobile; L. masc. n. uncus, a hook; N.L. masc. n. Mobiluncus, a motile curved rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Mobilunc-)

Type species: Mobiluncus curtisii Spiegel and Roberts 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: 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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Falcivibrio Hammann et al. 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mobilucus"; "Mobilunus"; "Mobzluncus".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Goldberg HS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Gram-Negative Anaerobic Rods: Minutes of the Meeting, 5 and 6 September 1986, Manchester, England. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1988; 38:225-225.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Goldberg HS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Gram-Negative Anaerobic Rods: Minutes of the Meeting, 5 and 6 September 1986, Manchester, England. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 1988; 38:225-225.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; CCUG: 3; NCTC: 3; ATCC: 3; LMG: 2; CECT: 1; 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".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MBUN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mobiluncus curtisii Spiegel and Roberts 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mobiluncus holmesii (Spiegel and Roberts 1984) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Mobiluncus massiliensis" Abou Chacra et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Mobiluncus mulieris Spiegel and Roberts 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mobiluncus porci Wylensek et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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Record number: 516109