Name: Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Actinomyces, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Actinomycetaceae, the Actinomyces family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Buchanan RE. Studies in the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: VIII. The Subgroups and Genera of the Actinomycetales. J Bacteriol 1918; 3:403-406.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arcanobacteriaceae Salam et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Stackebrandt et al. 1997 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. 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.
  • 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.
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 15 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the suborder Actinomycetineae corrig. Stackebrandt et al. 1997. 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.
  • Bergey et al. (1923) assigned the genus "Actinomycetes" 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.
  • Bergey et al. (1923) assigned the genus "Leptothricia" 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. (1957) assigned the genus Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Waksman SA. Family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan and family Steptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 744-825.
  • Prevot (1940) assigned the genus Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • Prevot (1940) assigned the genus "Bifidibacterium" to this family. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned the genus Erysipelothrix Rosenbach 1909 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned the genus Leptotrichia Trevisan 1879 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned the genus Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Acrinomyceraceae"; "Actfoomycetaceae"; "Actimonycetaceae"; "Actinomyceataceae"; "Adinomycelaceae".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yassin et al. (2015). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NRRL: 277; DSM: 262; ATCC: 254; JCM: 193; NBRC: 157; IFO: 154; CBS: 148; CCUG: 119; VKM: 112; BCRC: 83.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 19
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 27

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Actinobacterium" Sampietro 1908	not validly published
    Actinobaculum Lawson et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinomonospora" Castellani et al. 1959	not validly published
    Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinotignum Yassin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ancrocorticia" Xu et al. 2019	not validly published
    Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Boudabousia Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bowdenia Nouioui et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Bowdeniella corrig. Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Buchananella Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Falcivibrio Hammann et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flaviflexus Du et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fudania Zhu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gleimia Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Jensenia]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Mobiluncus Spiegel and Roberts 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nanchangia Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Neoactinobaculum" Belkacemi et al. 2019	not validly published
    "Odontomyces" Howell et al. 1965	not validly published
    Pauljensenia Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Peptidiphaga Beall et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Scrofimicrobium Wylensek et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trueperella Yassin et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Winkia Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

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