Family Brachyspiraceae
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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).
Brachyspiraceae Paster 2012, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Brachyspira, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Brachyspiraceae, family of the genus Brachyspira.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 144. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 473-475.
Effective publication: PASTER (B.J.): Family II. Brachyspiraceae. In N.R. KRIEG, J.T. STALEY, D.R. BROWN, B.P. HEDLUND, B.J. PASTER, N.L. WARD, W. LUDWIG and W.B. WHITMAN (editors), Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 4 (The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes), Springer, New York, 2010, p. 531.
Validation List no. 144 in IJSEM Online
Note: In the effective publication, the type genus is erroneously cited as Brachyspira aalborgi (sic).
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 144 (footnote ||). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 473-475.
Validation List no. 144 in IJSEM Online