Taxonomy browser Taxonomy Browser (Faucicola osloensis)

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BioSample	381	381	-
Gene	2,480	2,480	-
Identical Protein Groups	64,465	64,465	-
Nucleotide	3,023	3,023	340
PMC	545	545	-
Protein	83,358	83,358	-
SRA	301	301	-
Structure	1	1	-
Taxonomy	5	5	-

Faucicola osloensis

Taxonomy ID: 34062 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:34062)

current name

Faucicola osloensis (Bøvre and Henriksen 1967) Sbissi et al. 2025 in [Sbissi I et al. (2025b)]

homotypic synonym:

Moraxella (subgen. Moraxella Lwoff 1939) osloensis (Bøvre and Henriksen 1967) Bøvre 1979

Moraxella (subgen. Moraxella Lwoff 1939) osloensis (Bøvre and Henriksen 1967) Bøvre 1984

basionym:

Moraxella osloensis Bøvre and Henriksen 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) in [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)]

type strain of Moraxella osloensis: ATCC : 19976 , CCUG : 350 , CIP : 68.35 , DSM : 6998 , BCCM/LMG : 5131 , NCTC : 10465 , personal : A1920

NCBI BLAST name: g-proteobacteria
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)

Lineage(full): cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Moraxellales; Moraxellaceae; Faucicola

Comments and References:

Skerman VBD et al. (1980)

Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.

Sbissi I et al. (2025b) , Pubmed: abstract

Sbissi, I., Kammoun, I., El May, H., Bouzidi, T., Ghodhbane-Gtari, F., and Gtari, M. "Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2025) 75(6):006820.

Bøvre K (1979)

Bøvre, K. "Proposal to divide the genus Moraxella Lwoff 1939 emend. Henriksen and Bøvre 1968 into two subgenera - subgenus Moraxella (Lwoff 1939) Bøvre 1979 and subgenus Branhamella (Catlin 1970) Bøvre 1979." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1979) 29:403-406. [No PubMed record available.]

Bøvre K & Henriksen SD (1967)

Bøvre, K., and Henriksen, S.D. "A new Moraxella species, Moraxella osloensis, and a revised description of Moraxella nonliquefaciens." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1967) 17:127-135. [No PubMed record available.]

Moore WEC et al. (1985)

Moore, W.E.C., Cato, E.P., and Moore, L.V.H. "Index of the bacterial and yeast nomenclatural changes published in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology since the 1980 Approved Lists of bacterial names (1 January 1980 to 1 January 1985)." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1985) 35(3):382-407. [No PubMed record available.]

Rossau R et al. (1991)

Rossau, R., Van Landschoot, A., Gillis, M., and De Ley, J. "Taxonomy of Moraxellaceae fam. nov., a new bacterial family to accommodate the genera Moraxella, Acinetobacter, and Psychrobacter and related organisms." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1991) 41(2):310-319. [N.B.: the authors propose that Moraxella atlantae and Moraxella osloensis are misclassified as as members of the genus Moraxella.]

Vandamme P et al. (1993)

Vandamme, P., Gillis, M., Vancanneyt, M., Hoste, B., Kersters, K., and Falsen, E. "Moraxella lincolnii sp. nov., isolated from the human respiratory tract, and reevaluation of the taxonomic position of Moraxella osloensis." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43(3):474-481.

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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.