Family Litorivicinaceae

Name: Litorivicinaceae Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Li.to.ri.vi.ci.na’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Litorivicinus, a bacterial genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Litorivicinaceae, the Litorivicinus family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: li-to-ri-wi-ki-NA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Litorivicinus Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Holzapfeliella gen. nov. and Litorivicinus gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Holzapfelia Zheng et al. 2020 and Litoricola Kim et al. 2007, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5688. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Litoricolaceae Kim et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this family to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00590 (N = 6).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 4; KCTC: 4; KCCM: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Halomarinus" Savoie et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Litoricola Kim et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Litorivicinus Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Holzapfeliella gen. nov. and Litorivicinus gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Holzapfelia Zheng et al. 2020 and Litoricola Kim et al. 2007, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5688. 🇮🇱

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