Name: Leucotrichaceae Boden and Scott 2018

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Leu.co.tri.cha.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Leucothrix, type genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Leucotrichaceae, the Leucothrix family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Leucothrix Örsted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Boden R, Scott KM. Evaluation of the genus Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Aruga et al. 2002: reclassification of Thiothrix disciformis to Thiolinea disciformis gen. nov., comb. nov., and of Thiothrix flexilis to Thiofilum flexile gen. nov., comb nov., with emended description of Thiothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2226-2239.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    "Thiotrichaceae" Pringsheim 1949	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thiolineaceae Boden and Scott 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiofilaceae Boden and Scott 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Buchanan RE. Family II. Leucotrichaceae Buchanan, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 850-851.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. 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. 131.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Leucoirichaceae"; "Leucolrichaceae".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01938 (N = 15).
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957. Publication: Buchanan RE. Family II. Leucotrichaceae Buchanan, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 850-851.

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