Name: Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Hyphomicrobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Hyphomicrobiaceae, the Hyphomicrobium family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Hyphomicrobium Stutzer and Hartleb 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Babudieri B. Natura delle cosidette "S-formen" delle leptospire. Loro identificazione con Hyphomicrobium vulgare Stutzer e Hartleb. Studio di quest. Ultimo germe. R.C. 1st Supplement, Sanita, Roma 1950; 13:580-591.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family. — Emendation accompanied by the removal of 19 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Kuykendall LD. Order VI. Rhizobiales 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. 324.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Ancalomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Ancylobacter Raj 1983 to this family. 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Labrys Vasilyeva and Semenov 1985 to this family. 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Xanthobacter Wiegel et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. 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.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Aquabacter Irgens et al. 1993 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. 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. 1.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Gemmiger Gossling and Moore 1975 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. 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. 1.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Methylorhabdus Doronina et al. 1996 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. 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. 1.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Azorhizobium Dreyfus et al. 1988 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. 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. 1.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Starkeya Kelly et al. 2000 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. 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. 1.
  • Fritz et al. (2004) assigned the genus Angulomicrobium Vasil'eva et al. 1986 to this family. Publication: Fritz I, Strompl C, Abraham WR. Phylogenetic relationships of the genera Stella, Labrys and Angulomicrobium within the 'Alphaproteobacteria' and description of Angulomicrobium amanitiforme sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:651-657.
  • Geng et al. (2015) assigned the genus Paradevosia Geng et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Geng S, Pan XC, Mei R, Wang YN, Sun JQ, Liu XY, Tang YQ, Wu XL. Paradevosia shaoguanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a coking wastewater. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:110-118.
  • Hiraishi (1997) assigned the genus Blastochloris Hiraishi 1997 to this family. Publication: Hiraishi A. Transfer of the bacteriochlorophyll b-containing phototrophic bacteria Rhodopseudomonas viridis and Rhodopseudomonas sulfoviridis to the genus Blastochloris gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:217-219.
  • Hwang and Cho (2008) assigned the genus Cucumibacter Hwang and Cho 2008 to this family. Publication: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Cucumibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1591-1597.
  • Hwang et al. (2009) assigned the genus Maritalea Hwang et al. 2009 to this family. Publication: Hwang CY, Cho KD, Yih W, Cho BC. Maritalea myrionectae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a culture of the marine ciliate Myrionecta rubra. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:609-614.
  • Kim et al. (2016) assigned the genus Methyloterrigena Kim et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Kim HS, Srinivasan S, Lee SS. Methyloterrigena soli gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol-utilizing bacterium isolated from chloroethylene-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:101-106.
  • Lakshmi et al. (2009) assigned the genus Rhodoplanes Hiraishi and Ueda 1994 to this family. Publication: Lakshmi KV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodoplanes pokkaliisoli sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a waterlogged brackish paddy soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2153-2157.
  • Mu et al. (2016) assigned the genus Arsenicitalea Mu et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Mu Y, Zhou L, Zeng XC, Liu L, Pan Y, Chen X, Wang J, Li S, Li WJ, Wang Y. Arsenicitalea aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae, isolated from high-arsenic sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5478-5484.
  • Park et al. (2016) assigned the genus Vasilyevaea Yee et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Park S, Jung YT, Kim S, Yoon JH. Devosia confluentis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater lake, and reclassification of two Vasilyevaea species as Devosia enhydra comb. nov. and Devosia mishustinii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3935-3941.
  • Rivas et al. (2003) assigned the genus Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996 to this family. Publication: Rivas R, Willems A, Subba-Rao NS, Mateos PF, Dazzo FB, Kroppenstedt RM, Martinez-Molina E, Gillis M, Velazquez E. Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that nodulates and fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an aquatic legume from India. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:47-53.
  • Wang et al. (2015) assigned the genus Youhaiella Wang et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Wang YX, Huang FQ, Nogi Y, Pang SJ, Wang PK, Lv J. Youhaiella tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2048-2055.
  • Xu et al. (2009) assigned the genus Zhangella Xu et al. 2009 to this family. Publication: Xu HY, Chen LP, Fu SZ, Fan HX, Zhou YG, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Zhangella mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2297-2301.
  • Xu et al. (2011) assigned the genus Pelagibacterium Xu et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Xu XW, Huo YY, Wang CS, Oren A, Cui HL, Vedler E, Wu M. Pelagibacterium halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pelagibacterium luteolum sp. nov., novel members of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1817-1822.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Hypbomicrobiaceae"; "Hyphnmicrobiaceae"; "Hyplzomicrobiaceae"; "Hypomicrobiaceae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 22; DSM: 20; NCIMB: 10; VKM: 9; NBRC: 7; LMG: 7; JCM: 5; KCTC: 4; IFO: 3; CGMCC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dichotomicrobium Hirsch and Hoffmann 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Filomicrobium Schlesner 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomicrobium Stutzer and Hartleb 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Limoniibacter Li et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methyloceanibacter Takeuchi et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methyloligella Doronina et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedomicrobium Aristovskaya 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prosthecomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodomicrobium Duchow and Douglas 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Seliberia Aristovskaya and Parinkina 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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