Family Alcaligenaceae

Name: Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Al.ca.li.ge.na’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Alcaligenes, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Alcaligenaceae, the Alcaligenes family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-li-ge-NA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: De Ley J, Segers P, Kersters K, Mannheim W, Lievens A. Intra- and intergeneric similarities of the Bordetella ribosomal ribonucleic acid cistrons: proposal for a new family, Alcaligenaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:405-414.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Achromobacteriaceae" Breed 1945	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Achromobacteraceae" corrig. Breed 1945	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this family to the class "Chromatibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Sutterella Wexler et al. 1996 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Xie and Yokota (2005) assigned the genus Azohydromonas Xie and Yokota 2005 to this family. Publication: Xie CH, Yokota A. Reclassification of Alcaligenes latus strains IAM 12599T and IAM 12664 and Pseudomonas saccharophila as Azohydromonas lata gen. nov., comb. nov., Azohydromonas australica sp. nov. and Pelomonas saccharophila gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2419-2425. 🇯🇵
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Achromobacteraceae" corrig. Breed 1945. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Achromobacteriaceae" Breed 1945. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acaligenaceae"; "Afcaligenaceae"; "Akaligenaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kitahara et al. (2022), Coenye et al. (2005), Felfoeldi et al. (2017), Vandamme (2016), Kaempfer et al. (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 97; LMG: 85; CCUG: 71; JCM: 53; CIP: 42; KCTC: 39; ATCC: 37; NBRC: 26; NCTC: 20; NCIMB: 14.
  • 🧍 This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605. 🇩🇪

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 35
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 40
Total number of child taxa: 44

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Achromobacter" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published	synonym
    Achromobacter Yabuuchi and Yano 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Advenella Coenye et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Algicoccus Ying et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Allopusillimonas Babich et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ampullimonas França et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Basilea Whiteson et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bordetella Moreno-López 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brackiella Willems et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caenimicrobium Felföldi et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Candidimonas Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Castellaniella Kämpfer et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corticimicrobacter Li et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Denitrobacter" Kronvall et al. 2000	not validly published	preferred name
    Derxia Jensen et al. 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Eiseniicola" Aslam et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    Eoetvoesia Felföldi et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Eoetvoesiella Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ischyrobacter" Bechade et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Jezberella Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kerstersia Coenye et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesopusillimonas Babich et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neopusillimonas Babich et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oligella Rossau et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Orrella Carlier et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paenalcaligenes Kämpfer et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paracandidimonas Kämpfer et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paralcaligenes Kim et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapusillimonas Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parvibium Chen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pigmentiphaga Blümel et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pollutimonas Babich et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pusillimonas Stolz et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharedens Lin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schauerella Behrendt et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sheuella Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Taylorella Sugimoto et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tetrathiobacter Ghosh et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Verticia Vandamme et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Verticiella Vandamme 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Yanghanlia Ruan et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zwartia Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order I. Burkholderiales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 575. 🇺🇸

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