Name: Enterobacteriaceae (ex Rahn 1937) Ewing et al. 1980

Category: Family

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

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Escherichia Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Ewing WH, Farmer Iii JJ, Brenner DJ. Proposal of Enterobacteriaceae fam. nov., nom. rev. to replace Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937, nom. fam. cons. (Opin. 15, Jud. Comm. 1958), which lost standing in nomenclature on 1 January 1980. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:674-675.

Nomenclatural status: validly published, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Enterobacteraceae (ex Lapage 1979) Lapage 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published, illegitimate name
    Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ewing WH, Farmer Iii JJ, Brenner DJ. Proposal of Enterobacteriaceae fam. nov., nom. rev. to replace Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937, nom. fam. cons. (Opin. 15, Jud. Comm. 1958), which lost standing in nomenclature on 1 January 1980. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:674-675.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hata H, Natori T, Mizuno T, Kanazawa I, Eldesouky I, Hayashi M, Miyata M, Fukunaga H, Ohji S, Hosoyama A, et al. Phylogenetics of family Enterobacteriaceae and proposal to reclassify Escherichia hermannii and Salmonella subterranea as Atlantibacter hermannii and Atlantibacter subterranea gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 2016; 60:303-311.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Enterobacteriacae"; "Enterobacteriacea".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B, Farmer Iii JJ. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Enterobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 7 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2643-2645.
  • Recommended reviewers for taxonomic proposals in this group are the corresponding authors of Stephan et al. (2014), Aizenberg-Gershtein et al. (2016).
  • Enterobacteriaceae (ex Rahn 1937) Ewing et al. 1980 is illegitimate because it has no priority. Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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