Name: Helicobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Helicobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Helicobacteraceae, the Helicobacter family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Helicobacter Goodwin et al. 1989

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Helicobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1168.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfurovaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Thiovulaceae" Waite et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Sulfurimonadaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Thiovulgaceae" Campbell et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Waite et al. 2017 Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 3 genera from the family.
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2017. Publication: On SLW, Miller WG, Houf K, Fox JG, Vandamme P. Minimal standards for describing new species belonging to the families Campylobacteraceae and Helicobacteraceae: Campylobacter, Arcobacter, Helicobacter and Wolinella spp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5296-5311.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW, Miller WG. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and Related Bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, August 27 and August 31 2011, Vancouver, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5312-5314.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Miller WG, On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: Minutes of the closed Meeting, 2 September 2009, Niigata, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2559-2560.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 21st August and 10th September 2019. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4622.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Inagaki et al. (2004). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 49; CCUG: 49; ATCC: 42; CIP: 26; NCTC: 20; JCM: 15; MCCC: 8; KCTC: 7; CECT: 3; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Flexispira" Bryner 1987	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Helicobacter Goodwin et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pseudohelicobacter" Waite et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Sulfuricurvum Kodama and Watanabe 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurimonas Inagaki et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurovum Inagaki et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiovulum Hinze 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Wolinella Tanner et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Campylobacterales Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order I. Campylobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1145.

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