Name: Christensenellaceae Morotomi et al. 2012

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Chris.ten.se.nel.la’ce.a.e. N.L. fem. dim. n. Christensenella, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Christensenellaceae, family of the genus Christensenella

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Christensenella Morotomi et al. 2012

Valid publication: Morotomi M, Nagai F, Watanabe Y. Description of Christensenella minuta gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, which forms a distinct branch in the order Clostridiales, and proposal of Christensenellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:144-149.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:757-758.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Catabacteraceae" corrig. Lau et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Catabacteriaceae" Lau et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Christensenellales Chuvochina et al. 2024. 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.
  • 🧕 Morotomi et al. (2012) assigned this family to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Morotomi M, Nagai F, Watanabe Y. Description of Christensenella minuta gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, which forms a distinct branch in the order Clostridiales, and proposal of Christensenellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:144-149.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02413 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; CGMCC: 5; KCTC: 4; JCM: 4; CCUG: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Beduinibacterium" Traore et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Catabacter" Lau et al. 2007	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Catabacter Lau et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Christensenella Morotomi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gehongia Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Guopingia Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Luoshenia Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Scybalosoma" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.

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Record number: 1935