Name: Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: En.te.ro.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Enterococcus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Enterococcaceae, family of the genus Enterococcus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984

Effective publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Enterococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 594. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vagococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Catellicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bonaparte C, Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 31 August 2011, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2546-2548.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mattarelli P, Felis GE, Pot B, Holzapfel WH, Franz CMAP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the closed meeting by videoconference, 3 September 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5892. 🇮🇹
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Collins et al. (1990). 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: DSM: 66; CCUG: 63; LMG: 62; ATCC: 43; NBRC: 37; CIP: 36; JCM: 32; NCIMB: 30; CCM: 27; NCTC: 14.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bavariicoccus Schmidt et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Catellicoccus Lawson et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Melisococcus Bailey and Collins 1983	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Melissococcus corrig. Bailey and Collins 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pilibacter Higashiguchi et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tetragenococcus Collins et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vagococcus Collins et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Order II. Lactobacillales ord. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 464. 🇧🇪

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