Name: Legionellaceae Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Legionella, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Legionellaceae, the Legionella family
Type genus: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication:
Brenner DJ, Steigerwalt AG, McDade JE. Classification of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium: Legionella pneumophila, genus novum, species nova, of the family Legionellaceae, familia nova. Ann Intern Med 1979; 90:656-658.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Fluoribacter Garrity et al. 1980 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sarcobium Drozanski 1991 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Tatlockia Garrity et al. 1980 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Legionellales Garrity et al. 2005
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VI. Legionellales 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. 210.
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Record number: 744