Name: Kiloniellaceae Wiese et al. 2009

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ki.lo.ni.el.la’ce.ae. N.L. fem. dim. n. Kiloniella, name of a bacterial genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Kiloniellaceae, the Kiloniella family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ki-lo-ni-el-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Kiloniella Wiese et al. 2009

Valid publication: Wiese J, Thiel V, Gartner A, Schmaljohann R, Imhoff JF. Kiloniella laminariae gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium from the marine macroalga Laminaria saccharina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:350-356. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.

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 3 genera in the family.
  • Hu et al. 2025 Hu S, Lu K, Wang C, Li M, Huang J, Wang G. Carbonatibacter coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a carbonate-producing and vitamin B(12)-sharing bacterium isolated from coral Porites lutea, reclassification of Kiloniellaceae and proposal of Aestuariispiraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6928. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6967.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 5 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 3 genera from the family.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Wiese et al. (2009) assigned this family to the order Kiloniellales Wiese et al. 2009. Publication: Wiese J, Thiel V, Gartner A, Schmaljohann R, Imhoff JF. Kiloniella laminariae gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium from the marine macroalga Laminaria saccharina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:350-356. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Goldberg et al. (2021) assigned the genus Curvivirga Goldberg et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Goldberg SR, Haltli BA, Correa H, Kerr RG. Curvivirga aplysinae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the sea sponge Aplysina fistularis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4873. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned the genus Marivibrio Chen et al. 2017 to this family. 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned the genus Aestuariispira Park et al. 2014 to this family. 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kilonelliaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 5; JCM: 5; MCCC: 4; CECT: 2; LMG: 2; KCCM: 2; NCIMB: 1; DSM: 1; NBRC: 1; BCRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Carbonatibacter Hu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Denitrobaculum Wang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kiloniella Wiese et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Limibacillus Kim et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelagibius Choi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassocola Lin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (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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