Name: Leptotrichiaceae Staley and Whitman 2012

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Leptotrichia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Leptotrichiaceae, the Leptotrichia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Leptotrichia Trevisan 1879 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Staley JT, Whitman WB. Family II. Leptotrichiaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 766.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 143. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Gupta and Sethi 2014 Gupta RS, Sethi M. Phylogeny and molecular signatures for the phylum Fusobacteria and its distinct subclades. Anaerobe 2014; 28:182-198. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 30. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1850-1851.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 3 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned the genus Hypnocyclicus Roalkvam et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Spherophoraceae" Prevot 1938. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Fusobacteriaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Leptothrichaceae"; "Leptotrichaceis".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Eisenberg et al. (2021), Eisenberg et al. (2020). 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: 21; CCUG: 18; JCM: 9; CIP: 8; NCTC: 7; ATCC: 5; CCM: 2; NCIMB: 1.
  • 🧍 In Validation List No. 143, the year of publication of Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4 was erroneously cited as 2010. The correct year of publication should be 2011. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2012; 62:1016.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Caviibacter Eisenberg et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leptotrichia Trevisan 1879 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    Oceanivirga Eisenberg et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoleptotrichia Eisenberg et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudostreptobacillus Eisenberg et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sebaldella Collins and Shah 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sneathia Collins et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Streptobacillus Levaditi et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Fusobacteriales Staley and Whitman 2012

Assigned by: Staley JT, Whitman WB. Order I. Fusobacteriales ord. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 747.

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Record number: 1912