Family Micromonosporaceae
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).
Micromonosporaceae Krasil'nikov 1938, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Micromonospora Ørskov 1923 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Micromonospora, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Micromonosporaceae, the Micromonospora 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: KRASIL'NIKOV (N.A.): Ray fungi and Related Organisms - Actinomycetales, Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1938, p. 272.
→ Micromonosporaceae Krasil'nikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Koch et al. 1996.
Type genus: ¤ Micromonospora Ørskov 1923 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Micromonospora, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Micromonosporaceae, the Micromonospora family.
Reference: KOCH (C.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), RAINEY (F.A.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): 16S ribosomal DNA analysis of the genera Micromonospora, Actinoplanes, Catellatospora, Catenuloplanes, Couchioplanes, Dactylosporangium, and Pilimelia and emendation of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 765-768.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Micromonosporaceae Krasil'nikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Type genus: ¤ Micromonospora Ørskov 1923 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Micromonospora, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Micromonosporaceae, the Micromonospora 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
→ Micromonosporaceae Krasil'nikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Micromonospora Ørskov 1923 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Micromonospora, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Micromonosporaceae, the Micromonospora 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
