Family Rarobacteraceae
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).
Rarobacteraceae Stackebrandt and Schumann 2000, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Rarobacter Yamamoto et al. 1988.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Rarobacter, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rarobacteraceae, the Rarobacter family.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.) and SCHUMANN (P.): Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1279-1285.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Rarobacteraceae Stackebrandt and Schumann 2000 emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Rarobacter Yamamoto et al. 1988.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Rarobacter, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rarobacteraceae, the Rarobacter 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
