Name: Lysobacteraceae Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ly.so.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Lysobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Lysobacteraceae, the Lysobacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ly-so-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Lysobacter Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Christensen P, Cook FD. Lysobacter, a New Genus of Nonfruiting, Gliding Bacteria with an High Base Ratio. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:367-393.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Xanthomonadaceae Saddler and Bradbury 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Emendations:
  • Naushad et al. 2015 Naushad S, Adeolu M, Wong S, Sohail M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and molecular marker based taxonomic framework for the order Xanthomonadales: proposal to transfer the families Algiphilaceae and Solimonadaceae to the order Nevskiales ord. nov. and to create a new family within the order Xanthomonadales, the family Rhodanobacteraceae fam. nov., containing the genus Rhodanobacter and its closest relatives. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:467-485. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 22. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2028-2029.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 16 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Naushad et al. (2015) assigned the genus Panacagrimonas Im et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Naushad S, Adeolu M, Wong S, Sohail M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and molecular marker based taxonomic framework for the order Xanthomonadales: proposal to transfer the families Algiphilaceae and Solimonadaceae to the order Nevskiales ord. nov. and to create a new family within the order Xanthomonadales, the family Rhodanobacteraceae fam. nov., containing the genus Rhodanobacter and its closest relatives. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:467-485. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Naushad et al. (2015) assigned the genus Schineria Tóth et al. 2001 to this family. Publication: Naushad S, Adeolu M, Wong S, Sohail M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and molecular marker based taxonomic framework for the order Xanthomonadales: proposal to transfer the families Algiphilaceae and Solimonadaceae to the order Nevskiales ord. nov. and to create a new family within the order Xanthomonadales, the family Rhodanobacteraceae fam. nov., containing the genus Rhodanobacter and its closest relatives. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:467-485. 🇨🇦
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Xanthomonadaceae Saddler and Bradbury 2005. Publication: Saddler GS, Bradbury JF. Family I. Xanthomonadaceae 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. 63. 🇺🇸
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Xanthomonadaceae Saddler and Bradbury 2005. Publication: Bansal K, Kumar S, Singh A, Chaudhary A, Patil PB. Redefining the Taxonomic Boundaries of Genus Xanthomonas. Taxonomy 2023; 3:452-465. 🇮🇳
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Xanthomonadaceae". 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: "Lysabacleraceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Mergaert et al. (2003). 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: 161; KCTC: 141; JCM: 98; LMG: 97; ATCC: 57; KACC: 56; CGMCC: 52; ICMP: 50; CCUG: 43; CCTCC: 41.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 29
Total number of child taxa: 36

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aerolutibacter Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Agrilutibacter Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alkalisalibacterium Abidueva et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Allostenotrophomonas" Chauviat et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Aquilutibacter Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arenimonas Kwon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aspromonas Jin et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chujaibacter Kim et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cognatiluteimonas Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Cognatilysobacter Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Coralloluteibacterium Chen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Denitratimonas" Han et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Denitratimonas" Han et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym
    "Gynumella" Aslam et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    Luteimonas Finkmann et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marilutibacter Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Metallibacterium Ziegler et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mizugakiibacter Kojima et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Montanilutibacter Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Noviluteimonas Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Novilysobacter Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Parastenotrophomonas" Chauviat et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Pedostenotrophomonas" Chauviat et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Pseudoluteimonas Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pseudolysobacter Wei et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudomarimonas Weerawongwiwat et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pseudostenotrophomonas" Chauviat et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Pseudoxanthomonas Finkmann et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Silanimonas Lee et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Solilutibacter Lu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Stenotrophomonas Palleroni and Bradbury 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermomonas Busse et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vulcaniibacterium Yu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xanthomonas Dowson 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xylella Wells et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lysobacterales Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Naushad S, Adeolu M, Wong S, Sohail M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and molecular marker based taxonomic framework for the order Xanthomonadales: proposal to transfer the families Algiphilaceae and Solimonadaceae to the order Nevskiales ord. nov. and to create a new family within the order Xanthomonadales, the family Rhodanobacteraceae fam. nov., containing the genus Rhodanobacter and its closest relatives. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:467-485. 🇨🇦

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