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Family Breoghaniaceae
Name: Breoghaniaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Etymology: Breo.gha.ni.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Breoghania, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Breoghaniaceae, the Breoghania family
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: breo-gha-ni-A-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Breoghania Gallego et al. 2011
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. 
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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
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Notes:
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Cohaesibacteraceae Hwang and Cho 2008.
Publication:
Gallego S, Vila J, Maria Nieto J, Urdiain M, Rossello-Mora R, Grifoll M. Breoghania corrubedonensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from a Galician beach (NW Spain) after the Prestige fuel oil spill, and emended description of the family Cohaesibacteraceae and the species Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:316-321. 🇪🇸
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 1; DSM: 1; LMG: 1.
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Cohaesibacteraceae Hwang and Cho 2008.
Publication:
Gallego S, Vila J, Maria Nieto J, Urdiain M, Rossello-Mora R, Grifoll M. Breoghania corrubedonensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from a Galician beach (NW Spain) after the Prestige fuel oil spill, and emended description of the family Cohaesibacteraceae and the species Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:316-321.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Breoghania Gallego et al. 2011 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 11017
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