Name: Sphingobacteriia Kämpfer 2012

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Sphingobacterium, type genus of the type order; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Sphingobacteriia, the Sphingobacterium class

Gender: neuter

Type genus: Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Effective publication: Kämpfer P. Class III. Sphingobacteriia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 330.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 143. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 family in the class.

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the superclass "Bacteroidia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this class to the phylum "Bacteroidetes" Krieg et al. 2010. Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
  • Garcia-Lopez et al. (2019) assigned the family Sphingobacteriaceae Steyn et al. 1998 to this class. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  • Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the genus Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983 to this class. Publication: Kämpfer P. Class III. Sphingobacteriia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 330.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Shingobacteria"; "Spingobacteriia".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Hugo C, Bernardet JF. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Minutes of the meeting, 30 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:507-509.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bernardet JF, Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 7 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2752-2754.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Hugo C, Nicholson A, Hahnke R, Lau EF, Holmes B, Sutcliffe I. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of aerobic Bacteroidota. Minutes of the online meeting 25 April 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6144.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 144; LMG: 82; JCM: 80; DSM: 71; NBRC: 63; CGMCC: 38; CIP: 36; CCUG: 22; CECT: 21; ATCC: 18.
  • Nomenclatural type changed from Sphingobacteriales Kämpfer 2012 based on new Rule 22. Publication: Oren A. Emendation of Rules 8, 15, 22, 25a, 30(3)(b), 30(4), 34a, and Appendix 7 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6070.
  • This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Oren A, Parte A, Garrity GM. Implementation of Rule 8 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes for the renaming of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4296-4298.
  • In Validation List No. 143, the year of publication of Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4 was erroneously cited as 2010. The correct year of publication should be 2011. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2012; 62:1016.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sphingobacteriales Kämpfer 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacteroidota Krieg et al. 2021

Assigned by: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.

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