Family Atopobiaceae

Name: Atopobiaceae Gupta et al. 2013

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: A.to.po.bi.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Atopobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Atopobiaceae, the family of the genus Atopobium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-to-po-bi-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993

Valid publication: Gupta RS, Chen WJ, Adeolu M, Chai Y. Molecular signatures for the class Coriobacteriia and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Coriobacteriia into the emended order Coriobacteriales, containing the emended family Coriobacteriaceae and Atopobiaceae fam. nov., and Eggerthellales ord. nov., containing the family Eggerthellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3379-3397. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 3 genera in the family.
- Zgheib et al. 2021 Zgheib R, Anani H, Meng MM, Mailhe M, Ricaboni D, Morand A, Caputo A, Traore SI, Fontanini A, Armstrong N, et al. New human-associated species of the family Atopobiaceae and proposal to reclassify members of the genus Olsenella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4819. 🇫🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4907.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 8 genera in the family.
- Morinaga et al. 2022 Morinaga K, Kusada H, Sakamoto S, Murakami T, Toyoda A, Mori H, Meng XY, Takashino M, Murotomi K, Tamaki H. Granulimonas faecalis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Leptogranulimonas caecicola gen. nov., sp. nov., novel lactate-producing Atopobiaceae bacteria isolated from mouse intestines, and an emended description of the family Atopobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5596. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5736.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 9 genera in the family.

Notes:
- 🧕 Gupta et al. (2013) assigned this family to the class Coriobacteriia König 2013. Publication: Gupta RS, Chen WJ, Adeolu M, Chai Y. Molecular signatures for the class Coriobacteriia and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Coriobacteriia into the emended order Coriobacteriales, containing the emended family Coriobacteriaceae and Atopobiaceae fam. nov., and Eggerthellales ord. nov., containing the family Eggerthellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3379-3397. 🇨🇦
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Coriobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Coriobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 🇩🇪
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Coriobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. 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: "Autopobiaceae".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zgheib et al. (2021). 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: 29; JCM: 23; CCUG: 17; CSUR: 14; ATCC: 9; KCTC: 8; CIP: 6; LMG: 5; NBRC: 4; NCTC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 15

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Caniella Afrizal et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Coprovicinus" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
Fannyhessea Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Granulimonas Morinaga et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Lancefieldella Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Leptogranulimonas Morinaga et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Libanicoccus Bilen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Muricaecibacterium Afrizal et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Olsenella Dewhirst et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Parafannyhessea Zgheib et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Paratractidigestivibacter Zgheib et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Parolsenella Sakamoto et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Thermophilibacter Zgheib et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Tractidigestivibacter Zgheib et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Coriobacteriales Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Chen WJ, Adeolu M, Chai Y. Molecular signatures for the class Coriobacteriia and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Coriobacteriia into the emended order Coriobacteriales, containing the emended family Coriobacteriaceae and Atopobiaceae fam. nov., and Eggerthellales ord. nov., containing the family Eggerthellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3379-3397. 🇨🇦

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