Quinella (bacterium) explained

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

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

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

Notes and References

1. 10.1099/00207713-43-2-293 . Krumholz LR, Bryant MP, Brulla WJ, Vicini JL, Clark JH, Stahl DA . Proposal of Quinella ovalis gen. nov., sp. nov., Based on Phylogenetic Analysis . Int J Syst Bacteriol . 43 . 293–296 . 1993 . 7684240 . 2. free .
2. Quin, J.I. . 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 . 1943.
3. Moir, R.J. . Masson, M.J. . amp . An illustrated scheme for the microscopic identification of the rumen micro-organisms of sheep . J. Pathol. Bacteriol. . 64 . 2 . 343–350 . 1952 . 14946656 . 10.1002/path.1700640210.