Name: Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Al.ca.ni.vo.ra.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Alcanivorax, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Alcanivoracaceae, the Alcanivorax family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-ni-wo-ra-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998

Effective publication: Golyshin PN, Harayama S, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM. Family II. Alcanivoraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 295. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelagibaculaceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alcanivoraceae Golyshin et al. 2005	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Ketobacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this family to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧕 Liao et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liao H, Lin X, Li Y, Qu M, Tian Y. Reclassification of the Taxonomic Framework of Orders Cellvibrionales, Oceanospirillales, Pseudomonadales, and Alteromonadales in Class Gammaproteobacteria through Phylogenomic Tree Analysis. mSystems 2020; 5:e00543-20. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned the genus Pleionea Fagervold et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Kangiella Yoon et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00073 (N = 16).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 14; KCTC: 14; DSM: 10; CECT: 7; LMG: 7; CGMCC: 6; JCM: 6; CCTCC: 4; ATCC: 3; B: 2.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Alcanivoraceae (sic), has been corrected on validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alloalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Fundibacter Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Isoalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ketobacter Kim et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelagibaculum Knobloch et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VIII. Oceanospirillales 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 270. 🇺🇸

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