Family Nocardiopsaceae
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).
Nocardiopsaceae Rainey et al. 1996, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Nocardiopsis, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nocardiopsaceae, the Nocardiopsis family.
Valid publication: RAINEY (F.A.), WARD-RAINEY (N.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): The genus Nocardiopsis represents a phylogenetically coherent taxon and a distinct actinomycete lineage: proposal of Nocardiopsaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 1088-1092.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Nocardiopsaceae Rainey et al. 1996 emend. Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt).
Type genus: ¤ Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Nocardiopsis, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nocardiopsaceae, the Nocardiopsis 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
→ Nocardiopsaceae Rainey et al. 1996 emend. Zhang et al. 1998.
Type genus: ¤ Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Nocardiopsis, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nocardiopsaceae, the Nocardiopsis family.
Reference: ZHANG (Z.), WANG (Y.) and RUAN (J.): Reclassification of Thermomonospora and Microtetraspora. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 411-422.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Nocardiopsaceae Rainey et al. 1996 emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Nocardiopsis, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nocardiopsaceae, the Nocardiopsis 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
