Name: Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Anaplasma, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Anaplasmataceae, the Anaplasma family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Anaplasma Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Philip CB. Family IV. Anaplasmataceae Philip, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 980-984.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Dumler et al. 2001 Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 5 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the order Rickettsiales Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (1993) assigned this family to the order Rickettsiales Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Brenner DJ, O'Connor SP, Winkler HH, Steigerwalt AG. Proposals to unify the genera Bartonella and Rochalimaea, with descriptions of Bartonella quintana comb. nov., Bartonella vinsonii comb. nov., Bartonella henselae comb. nov., and Bartonella elizabethae comb. nov., and to remove the family Bartonellaceae from the order Rickettsiales. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:777-786.
  • 🧒 Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Anaplasma Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧒 Dahmana et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Theileria" to this family. Publication: Dahmana H, Granjon L, Diagne C, Davoust B, Fenollar F, Mediannikov O. Rodents as Hosts of Pathogens and Related Zoonotic Disease Risk. Pathogens 2020; 9:0.
  • 🧒 Dumler et al. (2001) assigned the genus Aegyptianella Carpano 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.
  • 🧒 Dumler et al. (2001) assigned the genus Cowdria Moshkovski 1947 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.
  • 🧒 Dumler et al. (2001) assigned the genus Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.
  • 🧒 Dumler et al. (2001) assigned the genus Neorickettsia Philip et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.
  • 🧒 Dumler et al. (2001) assigned the genus Wolbachia Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.
  • 🧒 Eshoo et al. (2015) assigned the genus "Candidatus Cryptoplasma" Eshoo et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Eshoo MW, Carolan HE, Massire C, Chou DM, Crowder CD, Rounds MA, Phillipson CA, Schutzer SE, Ecker DJ. Survey of Ixodes pacificus Ticks in California Reveals a Diversity of Microorganisms and a Novel and Widespread Anaplasmataceae Species. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135828.
  • 🧒 Eshoo et al. (2015) assigned the genus "Candidatus Allocryptoplasma" corrig. Eshoo et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Eshoo MW, Carolan HE, Massire C, Chou DM, Crowder CD, Rounds MA, Phillipson CA, Schutzer SE, Ecker DJ. Survey of Ixodes pacificus Ticks in California Reveals a Diversity of Microorganisms and a Novel and Widespread Anaplasmataceae Species. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135828.
  • 🧒 Kreier and Ristic (1963) assigned the genus "Paranaplasma" Kreier and Ristic 1963 to this family. Publication: Kreier JP, Ristic M. Anaplasmosis. XII. The growth and survival in deer and sheep of the parasites present in the blood of calves infected with the Oregon strain of Anaplasma marginale. Am J Vet Res 1963; 24:697-702.
  • 🧒 Kwan and Schmidt (2013) assigned the genus "Candidatus Xenolissoclinum" Kwan and Schmidt 2013 to this family. Publication: Kwan JC, Schmidt EW. Bacterial endosymbiosis in a chordate host: long-term co-evolution and conservation of secondary metabolism. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80822.
  • 🧒 Li et al. (2019) assigned the genus "Candidatus Neowolbachia" Li et al. 2019 to this family. Publication: Li K, Stanojevic M, Stamenkovic G, Ilic B, Paunovic M, Lu M, Pesic B, Duric Maslovara I, Siljic M, Cirkovic V, et al. Insight into diversity of bacteria belonging to the order Rickettsiales in 9 arthropods species collected in Serbia. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18680.
  • 🧒 Philip (1957) assigned the genus Anaplasma Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Philip CB. Family IV. Anaplasmataceae Philip, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 980-984.
  • 🧒 Takano et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Mesenet" Takano et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Takano SI, Gotoh Y, Hayashi T. "Candidatus Mesenet longicola": Novel Endosymbionts of Brontispa longissima that Induce Cytoplasmic Incompatibility. Microb Ecol 2021; 82:512-522.
  • 🧒 Yabsley et al. (2008) assigned the genus "Candidatus Neoehrlichia" Kawahara et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Yabsley MJ, Murphy SM, Luttrell MP, Wilcox BR, Howerth EW, Munderloh UG. Characterization of 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia lotoris' (family Anaplasmataceae) from raccoons (Procyon lotor). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2794-2798.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Anaplasillataceae"; "Anasplasmataceae".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Johansson KE. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Mollicutes. Minutes of the meetings, 21 and 28 July 1998, Sydney, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1393-1397.
  • ❗ Anaplasmataceae 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).

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