Family Devosiaceae

Name: Devosiaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: De.vo.si.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Devosia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Devosiaceae, the Devosia family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-wo-si-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rivas R, Willems A, Subba-Rao NS, Mateos PF, Dazzo FB, Kroppenstedt RM, Martinez-Molina E, Gillis M, Velazquez E. Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that nodulates and fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an aquatic legume from India. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:47-53. 🇪🇸
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hwang et al. (2009). 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: JCM: 25; CGMCC: 25; KCTC: 24; DSM: 19; LMG: 12; NBRC: 12; KACC: 8; CCM: 8; MCCC: 7; VKM: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 11

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Arsenicitalea Mu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Cucumibacter Hwang and Cho 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mariluticola Ishaq et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maritalea Hwang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Methyloterrigena Kim et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Paradevosia Geng et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Pelagibacterium Xu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Vasilyevaea Yee et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Youhaiella Wang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Zhangella Xu et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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