Name: Holophagaceae Fukunaga et al. 2008

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ho.lo.pha.ga’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Holophaga, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Holophagaceae, the family of the genus Holophaga

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Holophaga Liesack et al. 1995

Valid publication: Fukunaga Y, Kurahashi M, Yanagi K, Yokota A, Harayama S. Acanthopleuribacter pedis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a chiton, and description of Acanthopleuribacteraceae fam. nov., Acanthopleuribacterales ord. nov., Holophagaceae fam. nov., Holophagales ord. nov. and Holophagae classis nov. in the phylum 'Acidobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2597-2601.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Acidobacteriaceae". 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 7; NBRC: 6; MCCC: 6; DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Acidiparvus" Wong et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Geothrix Coates et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Holophaga Liesack et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesoterricola Itoh et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Holophagales Fukunaga et al. 2008

Assigned by: Fukunaga Y, Kurahashi M, Yanagi K, Yokota A, Harayama S. Acanthopleuribacter pedis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a chiton, and description of Acanthopleuribacteraceae fam. nov., Acanthopleuribacterales ord. nov., Holophagaceae fam. nov., Holophagales ord. nov. and Holophagae classis nov. in the phylum 'Acidobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2597-2601.

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