Family Kaistiaceae

Name: Kaistiaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Kais.ti.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Kaistia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Kaistiaceae, the Kaistia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Kaistia Im et al. 2005

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Vasilyeva et al. 2022 Vasilyeva L, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Berestovskaya Y, Novikov A, et al. Prosthecodimorpha staleyi gen. nov., sp. nov., novel prosthecate bacteria within the family Ancalomicrobiaceae and reclassificationof the polyphyletic genus Prosthecomicrobium. Microbiology (Russia) 2022; 91:479-488. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 37. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5696.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family.

Notes:
- 🧒 DiCenzo et al. (2024) assigned the genus Prosthecomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328.
- 🧒 Vasilyeva et al. (2022) assigned the genus Prosthecomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Vasilyeva L, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Berestovskaya Y, Novikov A, et al. Prosthecodimorpha staleyi gen. nov., sp. nov., novel prosthecate bacteria within the family Ancalomicrobiaceae and reclassificationof the polyphyletic genus Prosthecomicrobium. Microbiology (Russia) 2022; 91:479-488.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lee Y, Jeon CO. Kaistia algarum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater green alga Paulinella chromatophora. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3028-3033.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; KCTC: 5; CCM: 3; JCM: 3; NCIMB: 1; VKM: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Bauldia Yee et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Kaistia Im et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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Family Kaistiaceae