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Family Catellicoccaceae
Name: Catellicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024
Etymology: Ca.tel.li.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Catellicoccus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Catellicoccaceae, family of the genus Catellicoccus
Pronunciation, gender: ka-tel-li-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Catellicoccus Lawson et al. 2006
Effective publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Vagococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Catellicoccus Lawson et al. 2006 to this family.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010.
Publication:
Killer J, Svec P, Sedlacek I, Cernohlavkova J, Benada O, Hroncova Z, Havlik J, Vlkova E, Rada V, Kopecny J, et al. Vagococcus entomophilus sp. nov., from the digestive tract of a wasp (Vespula vulgaris). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:731-737.
- ❗ Catellicoccaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Catellicoccus Lawson et al. 2006 to this family.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
Parent taxon: Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010
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. — Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Order II. Lactobacillales ord. 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. 464.
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Record number: 43540
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