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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ker-man-si-A-ke-a͡e, 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: synonym

Correct name: Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rubritaleaceae Hedlund 2012	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this family to the order Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the genus Akkermansia Derrien et al. 2004 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Orellana et al. (2022) assigned the genus "Candidatus Mariakkermansia" Orellana et al. 2022 to this family. Publication: Orellana LH, Francis TB, Ferraro M, Hehemann JH, Fuchs BM, Amann RI. Verrucomicrobiota are specialist consumers of sulfated methyl pentoses during diatom blooms. ISME J 2022; 16:630-641. 🇩🇪
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has 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".
  • ❗ Akkermansiaceae is the correct name instead 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).
  • 🧍 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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. 🇯🇵

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