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Family Algiphilaceae
Name: Algiphilaceae Gutierrez et al. 2012
Etymology: Al.gi.phi.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Algiphilus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Algiphilaceae, the Algiphilus family
Type genus: Algiphilus Gutierrez et al. 2012
Valid publication:
Gutierrez T, Green DH, Whitman WB, Nichols PD, Semple KT, Aitken MD. Algiphilus aromaticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a culture of the marine dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum, and proposal of Algiphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2743-2749. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Gutierrez et al. (2012) assigned this family to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Gutierrez T, Green DH, Whitman WB, Nichols PD, Semple KT, Aitken MD. Algiphilus aromaticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a culture of the marine dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum, and proposal of Algiphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2743-2749.
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🧕 Gutierrez et al. (2012) assigned this family to the order Xanthomonadales Saddler and Bradbury 2005.
Publication:
Gutierrez T, Green DH, Whitman WB, Nichols PD, Semple KT, Aitken MD. Algiphilus aromaticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a culture of the marine dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum, and proposal of Algiphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2743-2749.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1; CCM: 1; DSM: 1; MCCC: 1; CECT: 1.
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🧕 Gutierrez et al. (2012) assigned this family to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Gutierrez T, Green DH, Whitman WB, Nichols PD, Semple KT, Aitken MD. Algiphilus aromaticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a culture of the marine dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum, and proposal of Algiphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2743-2749.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Algiphilus Gutierrez et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Banduia Rey-Velasco et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Nevskiales Naushad et al. 2015
Assigned by:
Naushad S, Adeolu M, Wong S, Sohail M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and molecular marker based taxonomic framework for the order Xanthomonadales: proposal to transfer the families Algiphilaceae and Solimonadaceae to the order Nevskiales ord. nov. and to create a new family within the order Xanthomonadales, the family Rhodanobacteraceae fam. nov., containing the genus Rhodanobacter and its closest relatives. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:467-485.
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Record number: 1943
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