Family Dermabacteraceae

Name: Dermabacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Der.ma.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Dermabacter, type genus of the family [probably better: Dermatobacter]; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dermabacteraceae, the Dermabacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: der-ma-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Dermabacter Jones and Collins 1989

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Zhi et al. 2009 Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the suborder Micrococcineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. 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. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Kästle-Silva et al. (2025) assigned this family to the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Silva JK, Herve V, Mies US, Platt K, Brune A. A Novel Lineage of Endosymbiotic Actinomycetales: Genome Reduction and Acquisition of New Functions in Bifidobacteriaceae Associated With Termite Gut Flagellates. Environ Microbiol 2025; 27:e70010. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Salam et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Dermabacterales Salam et al. 2020. Publication: Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355. 🇨🇳
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this family to the suborder Micrococcineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this family to the suborder Micrococcineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Dermabacteriaceae"; "Derniabacteraceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Jones and Collins (1988). 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: 28; JCM: 27; CCUG: 12; KCTC: 10; CIP: 10; LMG: 10; NBRC: 8; ATCC: 7; IFO: 7; CSUR: 5.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Brachybacterium Collins et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dermabacter Jones and Collins 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Devriesea Martel et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Helcobacillus Renvoise et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Micrococcales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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