Family Pseudomonadaceae
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).
Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Pseudomonas, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pseudomonadaceae, the Pseudomonas 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: WINSLOW (C.E.A.), BROADHURST (J.), BUCHANAN (R.E.), KRUMWIEDE Jr. (C.), ROGERS (L.A.) and SMITH (G.H.): The families and the genera of the bacteria. Preliminary report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on characterization and classification of bacterial types. Journal of Bacteriology, 1917, 2, 505-566.
