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Family Amorphaceae
Name: Amorphaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Etymology: A.mor.pha’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Amorphus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Amorphaceae, the Amorphus family
Type genus: Amorphus Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008
Effective publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Correct name: Acuticoccaceae Lai et al. 2019
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Acuticoccaceae Lai et al. 2019 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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🧒 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned the genus Amorphus Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008 to this family.
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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🧒 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned the genus Acuticoccus Hou et al. 2017 to this family.
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
- 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Acuticoccaceae Lai et al. 2019.
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🧍 Amorphaceae Hördt et al. 2020 is illegitimate because it contravenes Rule 51b(1) as its original description includes the genus Acuticoccus Hou et al. 2017, which is the type genus of Acuticoccaceae Lai et al. 2019, which should have been adopted instead of proposing a new name of a family.
Publication:
Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Shao Z. Acuticoccus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Indian Ocean and proposal of Acuticoccaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1173-1178.
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🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
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. —
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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