Etymology:N.L. neut. n.Achromatium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff.-aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n.Achromatiaceae, the Achromatium family
Effective publication:
Massart J. Recherche sur les organismes inférieurs. V. Sur le protoplasme des Schizophytes. Recueil de l’institut Botanique ‘Leo Errara‘ (Bruxelles) 1901; 5:251-282.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this family to the order "Thiobacteriales".Publication:
Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
Breed et al. (1948) assigned this family to the order "Chlamydobacteriales" Buchanan 1917.Publication:
Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
Bergey et al. (1923) assigned the genus "Hillhousia" to this family. — Bergey et al. (1923) assigned the genus "Thiophyse" to this family.Publication:
Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Macromonas Utermöhl and Koppe 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family.Publication:
Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Thiovulum Hinze 1913 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family.Publication:
Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Acbromatiaceae"; "Achmmatiaceae".
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
Assigned by:
Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
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