Order Verrucomicrobiales
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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).
Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996, ord. nov. (Type order of the class ¤ Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998).
Type genus: ¤ Verrucomicrobium Schlesner 1988.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Verrucomicrobium, type genus of the order; suff. -ales, ending denoting an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Verrucomicrobiales, the Verrucomicrobium order.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 625-626.
Effective publication: WARD-RAINEY (N.), RAINEY (F.A.), SCHLESNER (H.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Assignment of hitherto unidentified 16S rDNA species to a main line of descent within the domain Bacteria. Microbiology, 1995, 141, 3247-3250.
Validation List no. 57 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: On the Validation List no. 57, in violation of Rules 15 and 21a, the nomenclatural type is given as Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996.
References:
1 EUZÉBY (J.P.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision) and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an Opinion. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 725-727.
Request for an Opinion in IJSEM Online
2 JUDICIAL COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 517-518.
Opinion 79 in IJSEM Online
→ Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996 emend. Yoon et al. 2008.
Type genus: ¤ Verrucomicrobium Schlesner 1988.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Verrucomicrobium, type genus of the order; suff. -ales, ending denoting an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Verrucomicrobiales, the Verrucomicrobium order.
Reference: YOON (J.), MATSUO (Y.), ADACHI (K.), NOZAWA (M.), MATSUDA (S.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Description of Persicirhabdus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ishigakijimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ponti sp. nov., Roseibacillus persicicus sp. nov., Luteolibacter pohnpeiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Luteolibacter algae sp. nov., six marine members of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', and emended descriptions of the class Verrucomicrobiae, the order Verrucomicrobiales and the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 998-1007.
Original article in IJSEM Online
