Family Bartonellaceae
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Bartonella Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Bartonella, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Bartonellaceae, the Bartonella family.
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: GIESZCZYKIEWICZ (M.): Zagadniene systematihki w bakteriologii - Zür Frage der Bakterien-Systematic. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences Série des Sciences Biologiques, 1939, 1, 9-27.
→ Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Brenner et al. 1993.
Type genus: ¤ Bartonella Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Brenner et al. 1993.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Bartonella, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Bartonellaceae, the Bartonella family.
Reference: BRENNER (D.J.), O'CONNOR (S.P.), WINKLER (H.H.) and STEIGERWALT (A.G.): Proposals to unify the genera Bartonella and Rochalimaea, with descriptions of Bartonella quintana comb. nov., Bartonella vinsonii comb. nov., Bartonella henselae comb. nov., and Bartonella elizabethae comb. nov., and to remove the family Bartonellaceae from the order Rickettsiales. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 777-786.
Original article in IJSEM Online
