Name: Akkermansiaceae Hedlund and Derrien 2012

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ak.ker.man.si.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Akkermansia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Akkermansiaceae, the Akkermansia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Akkermansia Derrien et al. 2004

Effective publication: Hedlund BP, Derrien M. Family II. Akkermansiaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 809.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 143. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996. Publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Adachi K, Nozawa M, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Description of Persicirhabdus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ishigakijimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ponti sp. nov., Roseibacillus persicicus sp. nov., Luteolibacter pohnpeiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Luteolibacter algae sp. nov., six marine members of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', and emended descriptions of the class Verrucomicrobiae, the order Verrucomicrobiales and the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:998-1007.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Akkermanasiaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; CIP: 2; CECT: 1; NBRC: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 In Validation List No. 143, the year of publication of Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4 was erroneously cited as 2010. The correct year of publication should be 2011. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2012; 62:1016.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Akkermansia Derrien et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Mariakkermansia" Orellana et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

Assigned by: Hedlund BP, Derrien M. Family II. Akkermansiaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 809.

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Record number: 1907