Family Promicromonosporaceae
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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).
Promicromonosporaceae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt), fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Promicromonospora Krasil'nikov et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Promicromonospora, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Promicromonosporaceae, the Promicromonospora family.
Valid publication: 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
→ Promicromonosporaceae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt) emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Promicromonospora Krasil'nikov et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Promicromonospora, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Promicromonosporaceae, the Promicromonospora 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
