Name: Arcobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ar.co.bac.ter.a.ce’ae. N.L. masc. n. Arcobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Arcobacteraceae, the family of the genus Arcobacter

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991

Effective publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2017) assigned this family to the class "Campylobacteria" Waite et al. 2017. Publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2017) assigned this family to the phylum "Epsilonbacteraeota" Waite et al. 2017. Publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Campylobacteraceae Vandamme and De Ley 1991. Publication: Vandamme P, De Ley J. Proposal for a new family, Campylobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:451-455.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 21st August and 10th September 2019. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4622.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: minutes of the closed meetings, 17 January and 31 January 2024. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6618.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Perez-Cataluna et al. (2019). 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: DSM: 46; CECT: 42; CCUG: 28; CIP: 19; ATCC: 13; NCTC: 10; KCTC: 10; JCM: 9; NBRC: 4; CGMCC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aliarcobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Aliarcobacter" Perez-Cataluna et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Arcomarinus" Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Halarcobacter corrig. Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Haloarcobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Malaciobacter corrig. Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Malacobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Marinarcus" corrig. Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2018	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Poseidonibacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pseudarcobacter corrig. Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pseudoarcobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Campylobacterales Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.

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