Name: Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Chlo.ro.bi.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Chlorobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Chlorobiaceae, the Chlorobium family

Pronunciation, gender: k^hlo-ro-bi-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Copeland HF. The classification of lower organisms. Pacific Books, Palo Alto, California, 1956.

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
    "Chlorobiaceae" Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chloroherpetaceae" corrig. Bello et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chloroherpetonaceae" Bello et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this family to the subphylum "Chlorobibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266. 🇬🇧
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Chlorobacteriaceae" Geitler and Pascher 1925. 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.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Chlorobacteriaceae" Geitler and Pascher 1925. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chiorobiaceae"; "Chlmobiaceae"; "Chlorebiaceae".
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2004. Publication: Imhoff JF, Caumette P. Recommended standards for the description of new species of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1415-1421. 🇩🇪
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Madigan MT. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the Meetings, 28 August 2000, Barcelona, Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2335-2336. 🇩🇪
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trüper HG, Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology - Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926. 🇩🇪
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trueper HG, Imhoff JF. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926. 🇩🇪
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: J.f. Imhoff MTM. Erratum to “International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 27 August 2003, Tokyo, Japan”. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2004; 54:1907.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 20; NBRC: 6; BCRC: 5; ATCC: 4; CIP: 2; VKM: 2; KCTC: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ancalochloris Gorlenko and Lebedeva 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chlorobaculum Imhoff 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chloroherpeton Gibson et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Chloroplana" Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975	not validly published	preferred name
    [Clathrochloris]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Pelodictyon Lauterborn 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prosthecochloris Gorlenko 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schmidlea Lauterborn 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Chlorobiales Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gibbons NE, Murray RGE. Proposals Concerning the Higher Taxa of Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:1-6.

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