Family Peptococcaceae
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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).
Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Peptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Peptococcus, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Peptococcaceae, the Peptococcus 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: ROGOSA (M.): Peptococcaceae, a new family to include the Gram-positive, anaerobic cocci of the genera Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1971, 21, 234-237.
