Name: Actinoplanaceae Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Couch JN. Actinosporangiaceae should be Actinoplanaceae. Journal of Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1955; 71:269.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phytomonosporaceae Salam et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Actinocatenisporaceae Salam et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Waksman SA. Order V Actinomycetales. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 778.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: 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.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Streptosporangium Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: 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.
  • The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Koch C, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E. 16S ribosomal DNA analysis of the genera Micromonospora, Actinoplanes, Catellatospora, Catenuloplanes, Couchioplanes, Dactylosporangium, and Pilimelia and emendation of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:765-768.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Goodfellow M, Stanton LJ, Simpson KE, Minnikin DE. Numerical and chemical classification of Actinoplanes and some related Actinomycetes. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1990; 136:19-36.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López L, Meier-Kolthoff JP, et al. Genome-based taxonomic classication of the phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2007; 2018:9.
  • Actinoplanaceae is the correct name if this family is regarded as a separate family.

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Record number: 46