Name: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Intrasporangium Kalakoutskii et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aquipuribacteraceae Salam et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Emendations:
  • Stackebrandt and Schumann 2000 Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1279-1285. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 3 genera in the family.
  • Zhi et al. 2009 Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 9 genera in the family.
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 5 genera in the family.
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the suborder Micrococcineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. 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 Sanguibacter Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 1995 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.
  • Zhi et al. (2009) assigned the genus Arsenicicoccus Collins et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
  • Zhi et al. (2009) assigned the genus Ornithinimicrobium Groth et al. 2001 to this family. Publication: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
  • Zhi et al. (2009) assigned the genus Serinicoccus Yi et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
  • Recommended reviewers for taxonomic proposals in this group are the corresponding authors of Kageyama et al. (2008), Lee and Lee (2007), Kim et al. (2015).
  • The family was reviewed by Stackebrandt et al. (2014). Publication: Stackebrandt E, Scheuner C, Göker M, Schumann P. Family Intrasporangiaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong EF, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes – Actinobacteria, 4th edition, Springer, Berlin, 2014, p. 397-424.
  • Complete authorship reads: Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 21

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquipuribacter Tóth et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Fodinibacter Wang et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Humibacillus Kageyama et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Humihabitans Kageyama et al. 2007	validly published	synonym
    Intrasporangium Kalakoutskii et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Janibacter Martin et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
    Knoellia Groth et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Kribbia Jung et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Lapillicoccus Lee and Lee 2007	validly published	correct name
    Marihabitans Kageyama et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Monashia Azman et al. 2016	validly published	synonym
    Ornithinibacter Xiao et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Ornithinicoccus Groth et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    Oryzihumus Kageyama et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Oryzobacter Kim et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Pedococcus Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Phycicoccus Lee 2006	validly published	correct name
    Segeticoccus Lee and Whang 2020	validly published	correct name
    Terrabacter Collins et al. 1989	validly published	correct name
    Terracoccus Prauser et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
    Tetrasphaera Maszenan et al. 2000	validly published, illegitimate name	in need of a replacement

Parent taxon: Micrococcales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López L, Meier-Kolthoff JP, et al. Genome-based taxonomic classication of the phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2007; 2018:9.

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