Taxon DOI
10.1601/tx.5968
Name
 Prauser et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt et al. 2002
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Methodology
Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]
Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)
Parent
Taxon RecordName Record
Salam et al. 2020
Members
(Erikson 1954) Prauser et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nouioui et al. 2018
(Jáger et al. 1983) Stackebrandt et al. 2002
Stackebrandt et al. 2002
Stackebrandt et al. 2002
Lechevalier 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nouioui et al. 2018
Type Status
Taxonomy
The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.
  Woese et al. 1990
  (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
  (sic) Goodfellow 2021 non Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997
  Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)
  Salam et al. 2020
  Salam et al. 2020
  Prauser et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt et al. 2002

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.
Citation
When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.
Taxon Abstract for the genus Oerskovia Prauser et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt et al. 2002. Retrieved . https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5968.
Source File
Stackebrandt et al. (1982) formally unified this genus with Cellumonas by transferring the type species and establishing a heterotypic synonym with the remaining species. Stackebrandt et al. 2002 emends the former genus and type species and creates three novel species.
This information was last reviewed on December 31, 2019.

References

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  2. Salam N, Jiao J-Y, Zhang X-T, Li W-J. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003920 [PubMed].
  3. Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk H-P, Goodfellow M, Göker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front. Microbio. 2018; 9:2007-2007. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007 [PubMed].
  4. Lechevalier MP. Description of a new species, Oerskovia xanthineolytica, and emendation of Oerskovia Prauser et al. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1972; 22:260-264. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-22-4-260.
  5. Prauser H, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. Description of Oerskovia gen. n. to harbor Ørskov's motile Nocardia. Appl Microbiol 1970; 19:534. [PubMed].
  6. Stackebrandt E, Breymann S, Steiner U, Prauser H, Weiss N, Schumann P. Re-evaluation of the status of the genus Oerskovia, reclassification of Promicromonospora enterophila (Jager et al. 1983) as Oerskovia enterophila comb. nov. and description of Oerskovia jenensis sp. nov. and Oerskovia paurometabola sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1105-1111. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-52-4-1105 [PubMed].