Name: Acidithiobacillaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: A.ci.di.thi.o.ba.cil.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Acidithiobacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Acidithiobacillaceae, the Acidithiobacillus family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-di-t^hi-o-ba-kil-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Acidithiobacillaceae 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. 60. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Williams and Kelly (2013) assigned this family to the class Acidithiobacillia Williams and Kelly 2013. Publication: Williams KP, Kelly DP. Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2901-2906. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 12; ATCC: 8; JCM: 5; KCTC: 3; NCIMB: 2; CIP: 2; CGMCC: 1.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ambacidithiobacillus" Moya-Beltrán et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    "Fervidacidithiobacillus" Moya-Beltrán et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    "Igneacidithiobacillus" Moya-Beltrán et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Acidithiobacillales Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order II. Acidithiobacillales ord. 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. 60. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 27