Family Chelatococcaceae

Name: Chelatococcaceae Dedysh et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Che.la.to.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Chelatococcus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Chelatococcaceae, the Chelatococcus family

Pronunciation, gender: k^he-la-to-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Chelatococcus Auling et al. 1993

Valid publication: Dedysh SN, Haupt ES, Dunfield PF. Emended description of the family Beijerinckiaceae and transfer of the genera Chelatococcus and Camelimonas to the family Chelatococcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3177-3182.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Dedysh et al. (2016) assigned this family to the class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Dedysh SN, Haupt ES, Dunfield PF. Emended description of the family Beijerinckiaceae and transfer of the genera Chelatococcus and Camelimonas to the family Chelatococcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3177-3182.
- 🧕 Dedysh et al. (2016) assigned this family to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Dedysh SN, Haupt ES, Dunfield PF. Emended description of the family Beijerinckiaceae and transfer of the genera Chelatococcus and Camelimonas to the family Chelatococcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3177-3182.
- 🧒 DiCenzo et al. (2024) assigned the genus Pseudochelatococcus Kämpfer et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Beijerinckiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VI. Beijerinckiaceae 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. 422.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Beijerinckiaceae". 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.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; KCTC: 4; CCUG: 3; JCM: 3; CGMCC: 2; CCM: 2; ACCC: 1; SYSU: 1; CIP: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Camelimonas Kämpfer et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Chelatococcus Auling et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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Family Chelatococcaceae