Family Dermatophilaceae
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).
Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Dermatophilus (van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Dermatophilus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dermatophilaceae, the Dermatophilus 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: AUSTWICK (P.K.C.): Cutaneous streptothricosis, mycotic dermatitis and strawberry foot rot and the genus Dermatophilus Van Saceghem. Veterinary Reviews and Annotations, 1958, 4, 33-48.
→ Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Type genus: ¤ Dermatophilus (van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Dermatophilus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dermatophilaceae, the Dermatophilus family.
Reference: STACKEBRANDT (E.), RAINEY (F.A.) and WARD-RAINEY (N.L.): Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 479-491.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt and Schumann 2000.
Type genus: ¤ Dermatophilus (van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Dermatophilus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dermatophilaceae, the Dermatophilus family.
Reference: STACKEBRANDT (E.) and SCHUMANN (P.): Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1279-1285.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Dermatophilus (van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Dermatophilus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dermatophilaceae, the Dermatophilus family.
Reference: ZHI (X.Y.), LI (W.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 589-608.
Original article in IJSEM Online
