Name: Ktedonobacteraceae corrig. Cavaletti et al. 2007

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Kte.do.no.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Ktedonobacteraceae, the Ktedonobacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kte-do-no-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Ktedonobacter corrig. Cavaletti et al. 2007

Effective publication: Cavaletti L, Monciardini P, Bamonte R, Schumann P, Rohde M, Sosio M, Donadio S. New lineage of filamentous, spore-forming, gram-positive bacteria from soil. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:4360-4369. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 114. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:433-434.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ktedobacteraceae Cavaletti et al. 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Yabe et al. 2021 Yabe S, Zheng Y, Wang CM, Sakai Y, Abe K, Yokota A, Donadio S, Cavaletti L, Monciardini P. Reticulibacter mediterranei gen. nov., sp. nov., within the new family Reticulibacteraceae fam. nov., and Ktedonospora formicarum gen. nov., sp. nov., Ktedonobacter robiniae sp. nov., Dictyobacter formicarum sp. nov. and Dictyobacter arantiisoli sp. nov., belonging to the class Ktedonobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4883. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yabe et al. (2021). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; BCRC: 2; CGMCC: 2; NRRL: 2.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Ktedobacteraceae (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61 and Recommendation 6(7). Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 114. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:433-434.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ktedobacter Cavaletti et al. 2007	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Ktedonobacter corrig. Cavaletti et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ktedonospora Yabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraktedonobacter" Roy et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Ktedonobacterales corrig. Cavaletti et al. 2007

Assigned by: Cavaletti L, Monciardini P, Bamonte R, Schumann P, Rohde M, Sosio M, Donadio S. New lineage of filamentous, spore-forming, gram-positive bacteria from soil. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:4360-4369. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 1732