Family Boseaceae

Name: Boseaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Bo.se.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Bosea, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Boseaceae, the Bosea family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bo-se-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Bosea Das et al. 1996

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, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alloboseaceae Deshmukh and Oren 2026

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alloboseaceae Deshmukh and Oren 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). 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. 🇩🇪
- 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Alloboseaceae Deshmukh and Oren 2026.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VII. Bradyrhizobiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 438. 🇺🇸
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bosaceae".

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Allobrachymonas gen. nov. and three new combinations as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Brachymonas, proposal of Allobosea gen. nov. and 12 new combinations as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Bosea and proposal of Alloboseaceae fam. nov. as a replacement name for the illegitimate family name Boseaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7072. 🇮🇱

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