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

Gender: 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: synonym

Correct name: Amorphaceae Hördt et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • Hoerdt et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). 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 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.
  • Acuticoccaceae is the correct name if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

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