Name: Enterobacteraceae (ex Lapage 1979) Lapage 1982

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: En.te.ro.bac.tera’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Enterobacter, one genus of the family Enterobacteraceae; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Enterobacteraceae, the Enterobacter family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Lapage SP. Proposal of Enterobacteraceae fam. nov., nom. rev. as a substitute for the family name Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:237-238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Enterobacteriaceae (ex Rahn 1937) Ewing et al. 1980	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name
    Escherichiaceae Goodfellow and Trüper 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Lapage (1982) assigned the genus Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Lapage SP. Proposal of Enterobacteraceae fam. nov., nom. rev. as a substitute for the family name Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:237-238.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Enferobacteraceae"; "Enterobaclcriaceae"; "Enterobacletiaceae"; "Enterobariaceae".
  • 🧍 Enterobacteraceae (ex Lapage 1979) Lapage 1982 is illegitimate because the Judicial Commission has concluded that the family name Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 is valid. Publication: Judicial C. Present standing of the family name Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:104.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Wayne LG. Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published between July 1979 and April 1981. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:464-465.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Wayne LG. Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published in 1982. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:272-273.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Rowe B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE ENTEROBACTERIACEAE: Minutes of the meeting, 6 September 1978, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:242.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Brenner DJ. Opposition to the proposal to replace the family name Enterobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:892-895.

Parent taxon: Enterobacterales Adeolu et al. 2016

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. — Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599.

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