Name: "Gemellaceae" Madigan et al. 2019

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ge.mel.la.ce’ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Gemellaceae, the Gemella family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Gemella Berger 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Madigan MT, Bender KS, Buckley DH, Sattley WM, Stahl DA. Brock Biology of Microorganisms. Fifteenth Edition. Global Edition. Pearson Education Limited, New York, NY, 2019.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gemellaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gemellaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Gemellaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Gemellaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03471 (N = 1).
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

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Record number: 39614