Name: Erwiniaceae Adeolu et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Er.wi.ni.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Erwinia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Erwiniaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Erwinia

Pronunciation, gender: er-wi-ni-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Erwinia Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively 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: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lee SD, Kim SM, Byeon YS, Yang HL, Chang SH, Kim IS. Tenebrionicola larvae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from larvae of mealworm Tenebrio molitor L., and a proposal to transfer Erwinia teleogrylli Liu et al. 2016 to a new genus Entomohabitans as Entomohabitans teleogrylli comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5329.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Erwinaceae"; "Erwinzaceae"; "Ewiniaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Brady et al. (2010). 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: 81; LMG: 78; ATCC: 45; CIP: 43; NCPPB: 41; CFBP: 36; ICMP: 23; CCUG: 20; JCM: 18; NBRC: 9.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Buchnera Munson et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Duffyella Soutar and Stavrinides 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Erwinia" Winslow et al. 1917	not validly published	synonym
    Erwinia Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kalamiella Singh et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mixta Palmer et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pantoea Gavini et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paramixta" Kim et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Phaseolibacter Halpern et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tatumella Hollis et al. 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Wigglesworthia Aksoy 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Winslowiella Brady et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Enterobacterales Adeolu et al. 2016

Assigned by: 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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