Domain : Bacteria
Phylum : Proteobacteria
Class : Betaproteobacteria
Order : Neisseriales
Family : Neisseriaceae
Genus : Kingella
Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976, genus.
Type species: Kingella kingae (Henriksen and Bøvre 1968) Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Kingella, named after Elizabeth O. King, an American bacteriologist.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online – Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication:HENRIKSEN (S.D.) and BØVRE (K.): Transfer of Moraxella kingae Henriksen and Bøvre to the genus Kingella gen. nov. in the family Neisseriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1976, 26, 447-450.
Refrence : http://www.bacterio.net/