Name: Snodgrassella Kwong and Moran 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Snod.gras’sel.la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Snodgrassella, named after Robert Evans Snodgrass, a pioneer in the study of insect physiology in the early 20th century

Gender: feminine (stem: Snodgrassell-)

Type species: Snodgrassella alvi Kwong and Moran 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kwong WK, Moran NA. Cultivation and characterization of the gut symbionts of honey bees and bumble bees: description of Snodgrassella alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Neisseriaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, and Gilliamella apicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Orbaceae fam. nov., Orbales ord. nov., a sister taxon to the order 'Enterobacteriales' of the Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2008-2018.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Snodgrasella"; "Snodgrasseila"; "Snodgrasselia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 2; NRRL: 2; ATCC: 2; NCIMB: 2; LMG: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Snodgrassella alvi Kwong and Moran 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Snodgrassella alvi" Martinson et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Snodgrassella communis Cornet et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Snodgrassella gandavensis Cornet et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kwong WK, Moran NA. Cultivation and characterization of the gut symbionts of honey bees and bumble bees: description of Snodgrassella alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Neisseriaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, and Gilliamella apicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Orbaceae fam. nov., Orbales ord. nov., a sister taxon to the order 'Enterobacteriales' of the Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2008-2018.

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Record number: 518373