Family Rubrobacteraceae
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).
Rubrobacteraceae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt), fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Rubrobacter Suzuki et al. 1989.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Rubrobacter, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rubrobacteraceae, the Rubrobacter 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
→ Rubrobacteraceae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt) emend. Stackebrandt 2004.
Type genus: ¤ Rubrobacter Suzuki et al. 1989.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Rubrobacter, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rubrobacteraceae, the Rubrobacter family.
References: List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 2. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1403-1404. [STACKEBRANDT (E.): Will we ever understand? The undescribable diversity of the prokaryotes. Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung., 2004, 51, 449-462.]
List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 2 in IJSEM Online
→ Rubrobacteraceae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt) emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Rubrobacter Suzuki et al. 1989.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Rubrobacter, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rubrobacteraceae, the Rubrobacter 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
