Name: Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ca.ry.o.pha.na’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Caryophanon, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Caryophanaceae, the Caryophanon family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ka-ry-o-p^ha-NA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Caryophanon Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Peshkoff MA. [Cytology, karyology and growth cycle of new microorganisms]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1939; 25:239-242.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Jeotgalibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Planococcaceae Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Gupta and Patel 2020 Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821. 🇨🇦 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 16 genera in the family.
  • Li et al. 2024 Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 19 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Gupta and Patel (2020) assigned this family to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Simonsiella Schmid 1922 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧒 Li et al. (2024) assigned the genus Viridibacillus Albert et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Planococcaceae Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Caryophcmaceae"; "Iaryuphanaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yoon et al. (2001), Pal et al. (2019), Krishnamurthi et al. (2009), Reddy et al. (2013). 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: 143; JCM: 74; KCTC: 61; LMG: 47; NBRC: 35; ATCC: 35; CIP: 33; CCUG: 31; CGMCC: 31; NRRL: 21.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 19
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 22
Total number of child taxa: 27

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bhargavaea Manorama et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caryophanon Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chryseomicrobium Arora et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chungangia Kim et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Edaphobacillus" Lal et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    Filibacter Maiden and Jones 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Indiicoccus Pal et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Jeotgalibacillus Yoon et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kurthia Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    "Lineola" Pringsheim and Robinow 1947	not validly published	preferred name
    Lysinibacillus Ahmed et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinibacillus Yoon et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Metalysinibacillus Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Metaplanococcus Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Metasolibacillus Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paenisporosarcina Krishnamurthi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planococcus Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planomicrobium Yoon et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    [Planosarcina]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Psychrobacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rummeliibacillus Vaishampayan et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Savagea Whitehead et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sporosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Stomatostreptococcus" Ping et al. 1998	not validly published	preferred name
    "Tetzosporium" Tetz and Tetz 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Ureibacillus Fortina et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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