Name: Leptospirillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Lep.to.spi.ril.la.ce’ae. N.L. neut. dim. n. Leptospirillum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Leptospirillaceae, family of the genus Leptospirillum

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Leptospirillum (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000

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: Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Magnetobacteriaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrospiraceae" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Leptospirillales Chuvochina et al. 2024. 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.
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Leptospirillum (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000 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 Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • ❗ Leptospirillaceae 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: Nitrospirales Garrity and Holt 2022

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. — Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.

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Record number: 43571