Name: Anaerovoracaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: An.a.e.ro.vo.ra.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Anaerovorax, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Anaerovoracaceae, family of the genus Anaerovorax

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: an-a-e-ro-wo-ra-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Anaerovorax Matthies et al. 2000

Effective 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. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Mogibacteriaceae" Wylensek et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Anaerovoracaceae" Burton et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ueki et al. (2018). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 13; DSM: 11; ATCC: 6; CSUR: 4; CGMCC: 3; CCUG: 2; KCTC: 2; MCCC: 1; CIP: 1; CCTCC: 1.

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: 24

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Alangreenwoodia" Glendinning et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Allobaileyella Deshmukh et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Allocopromorpha" corrig. Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Alterileibacterium" Boxberger et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Aminicella corrig. Ueki et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aminipila Ueki et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aminocella Ueki et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Anaerovorax Matthies et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Anoxybacterium Cao et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Avanaerovorax" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Bacilliculturomica" Traore et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Baileyella Wylensek et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    "Candidatus Colimonas" Gilroy et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Copromorpha" Gilroy et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Crickella" Gilroy et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Digestivibacterium" Liu et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    "Emergencia" Bessis et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Fimisoma" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Hornefia Wylensek et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Mobilibacterium" Bilen et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Mogibacterium Nakazawa et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Murimicrobium" Liu et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    "Murirhabdus" Liu et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Sinanaerobacter Bao et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcales Chuvochina et al. 2024

Assigned by: 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. 🇦🇺

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