Name: Flectobacillaceae Lu et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Flec.to.ba.cil.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Flectobacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Flectobacillaceae, the Flectobacillus family

Pronunciation, gender: flek-to-ba-kil-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Flectobacillus Larkin et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Lu H, Chen L, Huang L. Arcicella gelida sp. nov. and Arcicella lustrica sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the families Spirosomataceae and Cytophagaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6345.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spirosomataceae corrig. Larkin and Borrall 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leadbetterellaceae Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Spirosomataceae corrig. Larkin and Borrall 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Spirosomaceae Larkin and Borrall 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Lu et al. (2024) assigned this family to the order Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lu H, Chen L, Huang L. Arcicella gelida sp. nov. and Arcicella lustrica sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the families Spirosomataceae and Cytophagaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6345.
  • 🧒 Lu et al. (2024) assigned the genus Aquirufa Pitt et al. 2019 to this family. Publication: Lu H, Chen L, Huang L. Arcicella gelida sp. nov. and Arcicella lustrica sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the families Spirosomataceae and Cytophagaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6345.
  • 🧒 Lu et al. (2024) assigned the genus Sandaracinomonas Chen et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Lu H, Chen L, Huang L. Arcicella gelida sp. nov. and Arcicella lustrica sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the families Spirosomataceae and Cytophagaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6345.
  • 🧒 Lu et al. (2024) assigned the genus Arcicella Nikitin et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Lu H, Chen L, Huang L. Arcicella gelida sp. nov. and Arcicella lustrica sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the families Spirosomataceae and Cytophagaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6345.
  • 🧒 Lu et al. (2024) assigned the genus Flectobacillus Larkin et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Lu H, Chen L, Huang L. Arcicella gelida sp. nov. and Arcicella lustrica sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the families Spirosomataceae and Cytophagaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6345.
  • 🧒 Lu et al. (2024) assigned the genus Pseudarcicella Kämpfer et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Lu H, Chen L, Huang L. Arcicella gelida sp. nov. and Arcicella lustrica sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the families Spirosomataceae and Cytophagaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6345.
  • 🧒 Lu et al. (2024) assigned the genus "Arcocella" Nikitin 1994 to this family. Publication: Lu H, Chen L, Huang L. Arcicella gelida sp. nov. and Arcicella lustrica sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the families Spirosomataceae and Cytophagaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6345.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Spirosomataceae corrig. Larkin and Borrall 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Flexibacteraceae" Garrity and Holt 2001. 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 Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
  • ❗ Flectobacillaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

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. — Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

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