Name: Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Der.ma.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Dermacoccus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dermacoccaceae, the Dermacoccus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Dermacoccus Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1279-1285.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

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.
  • Ruckmani et al. 2011 Ruckmani A, Kaur I, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Mayilraj S. Calidifontibacter indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Dermacoccaceae isolated from a hot spring, and emended description of the family Dermacoccaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2419-2424. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 3 genera in the family.
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.

• Notes:
  • Salam et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Dermatophilales 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.
  • 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.
  • Zhi et al. (2009) assigned the genus Kytococcus Stackebrandt et al. 1995 to this family. 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.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Dermatococcaceae".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Toth E, Schumann P, Hamada M, Suzuki KI. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the suborder Micrococcineae Minutes of the meeting, 29 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2068-2069.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Tang et al. (2010). 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 authority of the taxon name (Schumann and Stackebrandt) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Stackebrandt and Schumann).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 16; JCM: 11; NBRC: 10; KCTC: 9; LMG: 3; NCIMB: 3; CGMCC: 2; ATCC: 2; IFO: 2; VTCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Allobranchiibius Ai et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Barrientosiimonas Lee et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Branchiibius Sugimoto et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Calidifontibacter Ruckmani et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Demetria Groth et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dermacoccus Stackebrandt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flexivirga Anzai et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leekyejoonella Lee et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Luteipulveratus Ara et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Metallococcus" Lim et al. 2021	not validly published
    Rudaeicoccus Kim et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tamlicoccus Lee 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Yimella Tang et al. 2010	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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