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Family Gracilibacteraceae
Name: Gracilibacteraceae Lee et al. 2010
Etymology: Gra.ci.li.bac.tera’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Gracilibacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Gracilibacteraceae, family of the genus Gracilibacter
Type genus: Gracilibacter Lee et al. 2006
Effective publication: Lee Y-J, Onyenwoke RU, Wiegel J. Family III. Gracilibacteraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 910.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this family to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lee Y-J, Onyenwoke RU, Wiegel J. Family III. Gracilibacteraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 910.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Gracilibacter Lee et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616. 
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Record number: 1893
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