Name: Dongiaceae Koziaeva et al. 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Don.gi.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Dongia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dongiaceae, the Dongia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Dongia Liu et al. 2010

Effective publication: Koziaeva VV, Sorokin DY, Kolganova TV, Grouzdev DS. Magnetospirillum sulfuroxidans sp. nov., capable of sulfur-dependent lithoautotrophy and a taxonomic reevaluation of the order Rhodospirillales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126406.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 213. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5997.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Magnetospirillaceae Koziaeva et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Novispirillaceae Koziaeva et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Dongiales 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.
  • 🧒 Koziaeva et al. (2023) assigned the genus Hypericibacter Noviana et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Koziaeva VV, Sorokin DY, Kolganova TV, Grouzdev DS. Magnetospirillum sulfuroxidans sp. nov., capable of sulfur-dependent lithoautotrophy and a taxonomic reevaluation of the order Rhodospirillales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126406.
  • 🧒 Koziaeva et al. (2023) assigned the genus Dongia Liu et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Koziaeva VV, Sorokin DY, Kolganova TV, Grouzdev DS. Magnetospirillum sulfuroxidans sp. nov., capable of sulfur-dependent lithoautotrophy and a taxonomic reevaluation of the order Rhodospirillales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126406.
  • 🧒 Koziaeva et al. (2023) assigned the genus Aliidongia Chen et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Koziaeva VV, Sorokin DY, Kolganova TV, Grouzdev DS. Magnetospirillum sulfuroxidans sp. nov., capable of sulfur-dependent lithoautotrophy and a taxonomic reevaluation of the order Rhodospirillales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126406.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liu Y, Jin JH, Liu YH, Zhou YG, Liu ZP. Dongia mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from a sequencing batch reactor for treatment of malachite green effluent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2780-2785.
  • ❗ Dongiaceae 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).

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

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. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.

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