Family Aminobacteriaceae

Name: Aminobacteriaceae Pradel et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: A.mi.no.bac.te.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Aminobacterium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Aminobacteriaceae, the family of the genus Aminobacterium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-mi-no-bak-te-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Aminobacterium Baena et al. 1999

Valid publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermovirgaceae Pradel et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Acetomicrobiaceae Pradel et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Pradel et al. (2023) assigned the genus Aminobacterium Baena et al. 1999 to this family. Publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Pradel et al. (2023) assigned the genus Fretibacterium Vartoukian et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Pradel et al. (2023) assigned the genus Aminivibrio Honda et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Pradel et al. (2023) assigned the genus Lactivibrio Qiu et al. 2014 to this family. Publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691. 🇩🇪
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009. Publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Roudiere L, Marchandin H. Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1028-1035. 🇫🇷
  • ❗ Aminobacteriaceae 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).

Parent taxon: Synergistales Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009

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. — Jumas-Bilak E, Roudiere L, Marchandin H. Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1028-1035. 🇫🇷

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