Name: Beijerinckiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Beij.e.rinck.i.a.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Beijerinckia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Beijerinckiaceae, the Beijerinckia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Beijerinckia Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VI. Beijerinckiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 422.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Dedysh et al. 2016 Dedysh SN, Haupt ES, Dunfield PF. Emended description of the family Beijerinckiaceae and transfer of the genera Chelatococcus and Camelimonas to the family Chelatococcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3177-3182. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 6 genera in the family. — Emendation accompanied by the removal of 2 genera from the family.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 5 genera in the family. — Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.

• Notes:
  • Dedysh et al. (2016) assigned this family to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Dedysh SN, Haupt ES, Dunfield PF. Emended description of the family Beijerinckiaceae and transfer of the genera Chelatococcus and Camelimonas to the family Chelatococcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3177-3182.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Chelatococcus Auling et al. 1993 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VI. Beijerinckiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 422.
  • Dedysh et al. (2016) assigned the genus Rhodoblastus Imhoff 2001 to this family. Publication: Dedysh SN, Haupt ES, Dunfield PF. Emended description of the family Beijerinckiaceae and transfer of the genera Chelatococcus and Camelimonas to the family Chelatococcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3177-3182.
  • Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Camelimonas Kämpfer et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Beijerinckaceae"; "Beirherinckiaceae".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Dedysh et al. (2016). 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: 15; LMG: 8; ATCC: 4; VKM: 4; NCIMB: 4; CCM: 2; CIP: 2; NCCB: 2; KCTC: 1; CECT: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Beijerinckia Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Methylaffinis" corrig. Pratscher et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methyloaffinis" Pratscher et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Methylocapsa Dedysh et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylocella Dedysh et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methyloferula Vorobev et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylorosula Berestovskaya et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylovirgula Vorob'ev et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudochelatococcus Kämpfer et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qingshengfania Zhang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (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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