Name: Achromatiaceae Massart 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Achromatium Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Achromatium Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Beggiatoales Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

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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