Family Alicyclobacillaceae

Name: Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and Rainey 2010

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: A.li.cy.clo.ba.cil.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Alicyclobacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Alicyclobacillaceae, family of the genus Alicyclobacillus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-ky-klo-ba-kil-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992

Effective publication: da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Family II. Alicyclobacillaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 229. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Effusibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tumebacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sulfoacidibacillaceae Li et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kyrpidiaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Klenk et al. 2011 Klenk HP, Lapidus A, Chertkov O, Copeland A, Del Rio TG, Nolan M, Lucas S, Chen F, Tice H, Cheng JF, et al. Complete genome sequence of the thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing Bacillus tusciae type strain (T2) and reclassification in the new genus, Kyrpidia gen. nov. as Kyrpidia tusciae comb. nov. and emendation of the family Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and Rainey, 2010. Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 5:121-134. 🇩🇪 Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 16. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1448-1449.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family.
  • Li et al. 2024 Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 6 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Alicyclobacillales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this family to the order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Family II. Alicyclobacillaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 229. 🇧🇪
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03371 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 46; NBRC: 29; JCM: 29; KCTC: 16; IAM: 15; CGMCC: 14; ATCC: 12; CIP: 6; NCIMB: 6; LMG: 6.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Collibacillus Jojima et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Effusibacillus Watanabe et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferroacidibacillus Johnson et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fodinisporobacter Jiang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kyrpidia Klenk et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paenalicyclobacillus Sinninghe Damsté et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sulfoacidibacillus Johnson et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tumebacillus Steven et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. When treated as heterotypic synonyms the names Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) and Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) have priority over the names Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980), respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2187-2195. 🇩🇪

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