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

Pronunciation, gender: ge-mel-LA-ke-a͡e, 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

Parent taxon: Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (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. — Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 39614
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