Name: Oscillochloris Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. pres. part. oscillans, oscillating; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. fem. n. Oscillochloris, oscillating green (bacterium)

Gender: feminine (stem: Oscillochlorid-)

Type species: Oscillochloris chrysea Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gorlenko VM, Pivovarova TA. On the assignment of the blue-green alga Oscillatoria coerulescens Gicklhorn, 1921, to the new genus of Chlorobacteria oscillochloris nov. gen. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol. 1977; 3:396-409.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Keppen et al. 2000 Keppen OI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Ivanovsky RN, Gorlenko VM. Proposal of Oscillochloridaceae fam. nov. on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, and emended description of Oscillochloris and Oscillochloris trichoides in comparison with further new isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1529-1537. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1701-1702.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Oscillochloridaceae Keppen et al. 2000. Publication: Keppen OI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Ivanovsky RN, Gorlenko VM. Proposal of Oscillochloridaceae fam. nov. on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, and emended description of Oscillochloris and Oscillochloris trichoides in comparison with further new isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1529-1537.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Chloroflexaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Chlorobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oscillochlmis"; "Oscillochlo"; "Oscillochluris"; "Oscillochoris"; "Osclllochloris".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "OSCL" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oscillochloris chrysea Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Oscillochloris fontis" Gaisin et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Oscillochloris kuznetsovii" Gaisin et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Oscillochloris trichoides (ex Szafer 1910) Gorlenko and Korotkov 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillochloridaceae Keppen et al. 2000

Assigned by: Keppen OI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Ivanovsky RN, Gorlenko VM. Proposal of Oscillochloridaceae fam. nov. on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, and emended description of Oscillochloris and Oscillochloris trichoides in comparison with further new isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1529-1537.

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