Family Sneathiellaceae
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Sneathiellaceae Kurahashi et al. 2008, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Sneathiella Jordan et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Sneathiella, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Sneathiellaceae, the Sneathiella family.
Valid publication: KURAHASHI (M.), FUKUNAGA (Y.), HARAYAMA (S.) and YOKOTA (A.): Sneathiella glossodoripedis sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from the nudibranch Glossodoris cincta, and proposal of Sneathiellales ord. nov. and Sneathiellaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 548-552.
Original article in IJSEM Online