Name: Ketobacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ke.to.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Ketobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Ketobacteraceae, family of the genus Ketobacter

Pronunciation, gender: ke-to-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Ketobacter Kim et al. 2018

Effective publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pelagibaculaceae" Flores-Félix et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Alcanivoraceae Golyshin et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Flores-Félix et al. 2025 Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 42. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6793.

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Ketobacter Kim et al. 2018 to this family. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005. Publication: Kim SH, Kim JG, Jung MY, Kim SJ, Gwak JH, Yu WJ, Roh SW, Kim YH, Rhee SK. Ketobacter alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an n-alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2258-2264.
  • ❗ Ketobacteraceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VIII. Oceanospirillales 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 270.

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Record number: 43568