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Family Acidimicrobiaceae
Name: Acidimicrobiaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Acidimicrobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Acidimicrobiaceae, the Acidimicrobium family
Type genus: Acidimicrobium Clark and Norris 1996
Valid publication:
Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Zhi et al. 2009
Zhi XY, Li WJ, 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.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
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Zhi et al. 2009
Zhi XY, Li WJ, 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.
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Notes:
- 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the suborder "Acidimicrobiineae" corrig. Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
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🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Ilumatobacter Matsumoto et al. 2009 to this family.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; ATCC: 3; JCM: 2; NBRC: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Acidiferrimicrobium González et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Acidimicrobium Clark and Norris 1996 validly published under the ICNP correct name Acidithrix Jones and Johnson 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Ferrimicrobium Johnson et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Ferrithrix Johnson et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Ferromicrobium" Johnson and Roberto 1997 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Acidimicrobiales Stackebrandt et al. 1997
Assigned by:
Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
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Record number: 23
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