Name: Coxiellaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Coxiella, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Coxiellaceae, the Coxiella family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Coxiella (Philip 1943) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Coxiellaceae 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 237.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquicella Santos et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    [Berkiella]	artificial parent node of Candidatus species that lack a genus description
    Coxiella (Philip 1943) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Diplorickettsia Mediannikov et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Rickettsiella Philip 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Legionellales Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VI. Legionellales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 210.

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