Quinella ovalis

Quinella ovalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Negativicutes
Order:	Veillonellales
Family:	Veillonellaceae
Genus:	Quinella Krumholz et al. 1993
Species:	Q. ovalis
Binomial name
Quinella ovalis Krumholz et al. 1993

Quinella is a genus of bacteria in the Veillonellaceae family. ^[1] Its only species, Quinella ovalis, is an extremely large motile rumen anaerobic prokaryote previously known as "Quin's Oval". ^{[2] [3]}

In the illustrated atlas of sheep rumen organisms of Moir and Masson, their organism no. 3 represents Quinella ovalis. ^[4]

References

1. "Genus Quinella". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
2. Krumholz LR, Bryant MP, Brulla WJ, Vicini JL, Clark JH, Stahl DA (1993). "Proposal of Quinella ovalis gen. nov., sp. nov., Based on Phylogenetic Analysis". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 43 (2): 293–296. doi: 10.1099/00207713-43-2-293 . PMID   7684240.
3. Quin, J.I. (1943). "Studies on the alimentary tract of Merino sheep in South Africa. VII. Fermentation in the forestomachs of sheep". Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry. 18: 91–112.
4. Moir, R.J. & Masson, M.J. (1952). "An illustrated scheme for the microscopic identification of the rumen micro-organisms of sheep". J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 64 (2): 343–350. doi:10.1002/path.1700640210. PMID   14946656.