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Family Thermomonosporaceae
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).
Thermomonosporaceae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt), fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Thermomonospora Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Thermomonospora, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermomonosporaceae, the Thermomonospora 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
→ Thermomonosporaceae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt) emend. Zhang et al. 2001.
Type genus: ¤ Thermomonospora Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Thermomonospora, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermomonosporaceae, the Thermomonospora family.
Reference: ZHANG (Z.), KUDO (T.), NAKAJIMA (Y.) and WANG (Y.): Clarification of the relationship between the members of the family Thermomonosporaceae on the basis of 16S rDNA, 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer and 23S rDNA sequences and chemotaxonomic analyses. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 373-383.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Zhang et al. 2001, the family Thermomonosporaceae is erroneously cited as Thermomonosporaceae Stackebrandt (sic) et al. 1997.
→ Thermomonosporaceae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt) emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Thermomonospora Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Thermomonospora, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermomonosporaceae, the Thermomonospora 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
