Family Coprobacillaceae

Name: Coprobacillaceae Verbarg et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Co.pro.ba.cil.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Coprobacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Coprobacillaceae, the Coprobacillus family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-pro-ba-kil-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Coprobacillus Kageyama and Benno 2000

Effective publication: Verbarg S, Göker M, Scheuner C, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. The families Erysipelotrichaceae emend., Coprobacillaceae fam. nov., and Turicibacteraceae fam. nov. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes –Firmicutes and Tenericutes., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014, p. 79-105. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 195. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4844-4847.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Erysipelatoclostridiaceae" Zakham et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Verbarg et al. (2014) assigned this family to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Verbarg S, Göker M, Scheuner C, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. The families Erysipelotrichaceae emend., Coprobacillaceae fam. nov., and Turicibacteraceae fam. nov. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes –Firmicutes and Tenericutes., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014, p. 79-105. 🇩🇪
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class 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. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kageyama and Benno (2000). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 17; JCM: 14; CCUG: 13; ATCC: 9; CIP: 8; NCTC: 4; VTT: 2; NCIMB: 2; CCRC: 2; BCRC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Catenabacterium" Prévot 1938	not validly published	synonym
    Catenibacterium Kageyama and Benno 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Coprobacillus Kageyama and Benno 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Eggerthia Salvetti et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Erysipelatoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013	not validly published	synonym
    Kandleria Salvetti et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massiliimicrobium corrig. Tall et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilimicrobiota Tall et al. 2026	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Sharpea Morita et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thomasclavelia Lawson et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Erysipelotrichales Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Verbarg S, Göker M, Scheuner C, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. The families Erysipelotrichaceae emend., Coprobacillaceae fam. nov., and Turicibacteraceae fam. nov. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes –Firmicutes and Tenericutes., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014, p. 79-105. 🇩🇪

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