Name: Leeiaceae Chen et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Lee.i.a.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Leeia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Leeiaceae, the Leeia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Leeia Lim et al. 2007

Effective publication: Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 204. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5260.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aquaspirillaceae Chen et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Chitinibacteraceae Chen et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chen et al. (2021) assigned this family to the order Neisseriales Tønjum 2006. Publication: Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251.
  • 🧒 Chen et al. (2021) assigned the genus Leeia Lim et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013. Publication: Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • ❗ Leeiaceae 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: Neisseriales Tønjum 2006

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. — Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24.

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