Family Francisellaceae
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).
Francisellaceae Sjöstedt 2005, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Francisella Dorofe'ev 1947 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Francisella, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Francisellaceae, the Francisella family.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 106. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2235-2238.
Effective publication: SJÖSTEDT (A.B.): Family III. Francisellaceae fam. nov. In: D.J. BRENNER, N.R. KRIEG, J.T. STALEY and G. M. GARRITY (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, pp. 199-200.
Validation List no. 106 in IJSEM Online
→ Francisellaceae Sjöstedt 2005 emend. Boscaro et al. 2012.
Type genus: ¤ Francisella Dorofe'ev 1947 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Francisella, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Francisellaceae, the Francisella family.
References: List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 17. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 8-9. [BOSCARO (V.), VANNINI (C.), FOKIN (S.I.), VERNI (F.) and PETRONI (G.): Characterization of "Candidatus Nebulobacter yamunensis" from the cytoplasm of Euplotes aediculatus (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) and emended description of the family Francisellaceae. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2012, 35, 432-440.]
List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 17 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Francisellaceae Sjöstedt 2005 emend. Boscaro et al. 2012 emend. Larson et al. 2016.
Reference: LARSON, M. A., NALBANTOGLU, U., SAYOOD, K., ZENTZ, E. B., CER, R. Z., IWEN, P. C., FRANCESCONI, S. C., BISHOP-LILLY, K. A., MOKASHI, V. P., SJÖSTEDT, A. and HINRICHS, S. H. 2016. Reclassification of Wolbachia persica as Francisella persica comb. nov. and emended description of the family Francisellaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1200-1205.
Original article.
