Name: Aerococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ae.ro.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Aerococcus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Aerococcaceae, family of the genus Aerococcus

Pronunciation, gender: a͡e-ro-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Aerococcus Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family II. Aerococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 533. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mattarelli P, Felis GE, Pot B, Holzapfel WH, Franz CMAP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the closed meeting by videoconference, 3 September 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5892. 🇮🇹
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01702 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 40; CIP: 26; DSM: 25; ATCC: 23; LMG: 17; JCM: 9; NCIMB: 5; IFO: 5; NBRC: 5; GDMCC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Abiotrophia Kawamura et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dolosicoccus Collins et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Eremococcus Collins et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Facklamia Collins et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Falseniella Fotedar et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Fundicoccus Siebert et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Globicatella Collins et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hutsoniella Fotedar et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ignavigranum Collins et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ruoffia Fotedar et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Suicoccus Li et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tuanshanicoccus Zhang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Vaginisenegalia" Lo et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Order II. Lactobacillales ord. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 464. 🇧🇪

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