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Family Diplorickettsiaceae
Name: Diplorickettsiaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024
Etymology: Di.plo.ric.kett.si.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Diplorickettsia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Diplorickettsiaceae, family of the genus Diplorickettsia
Pronunciation, gender: di-plo-rik-kett-si-A-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Diplorickettsia Mediannikov et al. 2011
Effective publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Coxiellaceae Garrity et al. 2005
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Berkiellaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023 heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published Coxiellaceae Garrity et al. 2005 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Diplorickettsiales Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Diplorickettsia Mediannikov et al. 2011 to this family.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Coxiellaceae Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Mediannikov O, Sekeyova Z, Birg ML, Raoult D. A novel obligate intracellular gamma-proteobacterium associated with ixodid ticks, Diplorickettsia massiliensis, Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11478.
- ❗ Diplorickettsiaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Diplorickettsiales Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
Parent taxon: Legionellales Garrity et al. 2005
Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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Record number: 43550
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