Quinella ovalis

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]

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

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