Family Gallionellaceae
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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).
Gallionellaceae Henrici and Johnson 1935, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Gallionella Ehrenberg 1838 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Gallionella, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Gallionellaceae, the Gallionella 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: HENRICI (A.T.) and JOHNSON (D.): Stalked bacteria, a new order of Schizomycetes. Journal of Bacteriology, 1935, 29, 3-4.
→ Gallionellaceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 emend. Boden et al. 2017.
Reference: BODEN, R., HUTT, L. P. and RAE, A. W. 2017. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1191-1205.
Original article.
