Name: Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Bradyrhizobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Bradyrhizobiaceae, the Bradyrhizobium family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Bradyrhizobium Jordan 1982

Effective 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, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 438.

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, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. 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.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Kuykendall LD. Order VI. Rhizobiales ord. 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. 324.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Afipia Brenner et al. 1992 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Agromonas Ohta and Hattori 1985 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Blastobacter Zavarzin 1961 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Bosea Das et al. 1996 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Bradyrhizobium Jordan 1982 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Oligotropha Meyer et al. 1994 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Rhodoblastus Imhoff 2001 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Rhodopseudomonas Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 De Meyer et al. (2012) assigned the genus Tardiphaga De Meyer et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: De Meyer SE, Coorevits A, Willems A. Tardiphaga robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus in the family Bradyrhizobiaceae isolated from Robinia pseudoacacia in Flanders (Belgium). Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:205-214.
  • 🧒 Kim et al. (2014) assigned the genus Variibacter Kim et al. 2014 to this family. Publication: Kim KK, Lee KC, Eom MK, Kim JS, Kim DS, Ko SH, Kim BH, Lee JS. Variibacter gotjawalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil of a lava forest. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:915-924.
  • 🧒 Noisangiam et al. (2010) assigned the genus "Metalliresistens" Noisangiam et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Noisangiam R, Nuntagij A, Pongsilp N, Boonkerd N, Denduangboripant J, Ronson C, Teaumroong N. Heavy metal tolerant Metalliresistens boonkerdii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus in the family Bradyrhizobiaceae isolated from soil in Thailand. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:374-382.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Salinarimonas Liu 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.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (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 alternatively been placed in the family Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bradyhizobiaceae"; "Bradyirhizobiaceae"; "Bradyrhiozobiaceae"; "Brayrhizobiaceae".
  • 🧍 Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006 is illegitimate because the family contains the genus Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) which is the type of the family Nitrobacteraceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tindall BJ. The name Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006 contains Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980), the nomenclatural type of the family Nitrobacteraceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980), is illegitimate and proposals to alter the wording of Rule 54 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes to clarify the fact that the family name Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006 is replaced by the family name Nitrobacteraceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) the only correct name. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2609-2611.
  • 🧍 According to Rule 51b (1), the name Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006 is illegitimate because the family contains the genus Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) which is the type of the family Nitrobacteraceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: 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.

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. — 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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