Name: Flammeovirgaceae Yoon et al. 2011

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Flam.me.o.vir.ga’ce.ae N.L. fem. n. Flammeovirga, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Flammeovirgaceae, the Flammeovirga family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Flammeovirga Nakagawa et al. 1997

Valid publication: Yoon J, Adachi K, Park S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Aureibacter tunicatorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a coral reef sea squirt, and description of Flammeovirgaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2342-2347.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Cha et al. (2011) assigned the genus Reichenbachiella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005 to this family. Publication: Cha IT, Oh YS, Park SJ, Park BJ, Lee JK, Lim CS, Park AR, Yoo JS, Lee DH, Rhee SK, et al. Reichenbachiella faecimaris sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat, and emended descriptions of the genus Reichenbachiella and Reichenbachiella agariperforans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1994-1999.
  • Cha et al. (2011) assigned the genus Reichenbachia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003 to this family. Publication: Cha IT, Oh YS, Park SJ, Park BJ, Lee JK, Lim CS, Park AR, Yoo JS, Lee DH, Rhee SK, et al. Reichenbachiella faecimaris sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat, and emended descriptions of the genus Reichenbachiella and Reichenbachiella agariperforans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1994-1999.
  • Choi et al. (2013) assigned the genus Marinoscillum Seo et al. 2009 to this family. Publication: Choi EJ, Beatty DS, Paul LA, Fenical W, Jensen PR. Mooreia alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov. and Catalinimonas alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov., alkaloid-producing marine bacteria in the proposed families Mooreiaceae fam. nov. and Catalimonadaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1219-1228.
  • Nupur et al. (2012) assigned the genus Fulvivirga Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Nupur, Sharma S, Kumar Singh P, Suresh K, Anil Kumar P. Fulvivirga imtechensis sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2213-2217.
  • Srinivas et al. (2011) assigned the genus Cesiribacter Srinivas et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Srinivas TN, Anil Kumar P, Madhu S, Sunil B, Sharma TV, Shivaji S. Cesiribacter andamanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample from a mud volcano. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1521-1527.
  • Tang et al. (2016) assigned the genus Fabivirga Tang et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Tang M, Chen C, Li J, Xiang W, Wu H, Wu J, Dai S, Wu H, Li T, Wang G. Fabivirga thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from culture broth of a marine cyanobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1095-1099.
  • Yoon et al. (2011) assigned the genus Aureibacter Yoon et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Yoon J, Adachi K, Park S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Aureibacter tunicatorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a coral reef sea squirt, and description of Flammeovirgaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2342-2347.
  • Zhang et al. (2013) assigned the genus Nafulsella Zhang et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Zhang L, Shen X, Liu Y, Li S. Nafulsella turpanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1639-1645.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Hugo C, Bernardet JF. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Minutes of the meeting, 30 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:507-509.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bernardet JF, Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 7 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2752-2754.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Bernardet JF, Frandsen Lau E. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6017-6020.
  • Recommended reviewers for taxonomic proposals in this group are the corresponding authors of Yoon et al. (2008), Yoon et al. (2012).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Algivirga" Kim et al. 2013	not validly published
    Flammeovirga Nakagawa et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
    Flexithrix Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Imperialibacter Wang et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Limibacter Yoon et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Perexilibacter Yoon et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    "Porifericola" Yoon et al. 2011	not validly published
    Rapidithrix Srisukchayakul et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Sediminitomix Khan et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Tunicatimonas Yoon et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Xanthovirga Goldberg et al. 2020	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

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