Name: "Chlorobiaceae" Garrity and Holt 2001

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Chlo.ro.bi.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Chlorobiaceae, the family of the genus Chlorobium

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

Type genus: Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BXI. Chlorobi phy. nov. 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. 601-623. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Chloroherpetaceae" corrig. Bello et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chloroherpetonaceae" Bello et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Copeland HF. The classification of lower organisms. Pacific Books, Palo Alto, California, 1956.
  • 🚃 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.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Copeland HF. The classification of lower organisms. Pacific Books, Palo Alto, California, 1956.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chiorobiaceae"; "Chlmobiaceae"; "Chlorebiaceae".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🖹 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: 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.

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

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

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