Family Acuticoccaceae

Name: Acuticoccaceae Lai et al. 2019

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: A.cu.ti.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Acuticoccus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Acuticoccaceae, the family of the genus Acuticoccus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ku-ti-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Acuticoccus Hou et al. 2017

Valid publication: Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Shao Z. Acuticoccus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Indian Ocean and proposal of Acuticoccaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1173-1178. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Amorphaceae Hördt et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Notes:
- 🧕 Lai et al. (2019) assigned this family to the class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Shao Z. Acuticoccus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Indian Ocean and proposal of Acuticoccaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1173-1178. 🇨🇳
- 🧕 Lai et al. (2019) assigned this family to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Shao Z. Acuticoccus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Indian Ocean and proposal of Acuticoccaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1173-1178. 🇨🇳
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Amorphaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Hou L, Zhang Y, Sun J, Xie X. Acuticoccus yangtzensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:176-182. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; MCCC: 3; KCTC: 3; CGMCC: 2; CCTCC: 1; B: 1; NBRC: 1; KACC: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Acuticoccus Hou et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amorphus Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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