Name: Azospirillaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: A.zo.spi.ril.la’ce.ae. N.L. neut. dim. n. Azospirillum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Azospirillaceae, the Azospirillum family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Azospirillum Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Inquilinaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Niveispirillaceae" Koziaeva et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Elsteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Azospirillales Chuvochina et al. 2024. 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.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lavrinenko K, Chernousova E, Gridneva E, Dubinina G, Akimov V, Kuever J, Lysenko A, Grabovich M. Azospirillum thiophilum sp. nov., a diazotrophic bacterium isolated from a sulfide spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2832-2837.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sly and Stackebrandt (1999). 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: 31; LMG: 22; KCTC: 15; JCM: 14; CGMCC: 13; BCRC: 11; ATCC: 11; CCTCC: 9; NBRC: 7; CCUG: 7.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Arenibaculum Li et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Azospirillum Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Conglomeromonas Skerman et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desertibacter Liu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Deserticella Li et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Elstera Rahalkar et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Inquilinus Coenye et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lacibacterium Sheu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nitrospirillum Lin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niveispirillum Lin et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodocista Kawasaki et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Skermanella Sly and Stackebrandt 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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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