Name: Maricaulaceae Kevbrin et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ma.ri.cau.la.ce’ae N.L. masc. n. Maricaulis, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Maricaulaceae, the family of the genus Maricaulis

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Maricaulis Abraham et al. 1999

Valid publication: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Koziaeva V, Uzun M, Grouzdev D. Alkalicaulis satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphile isolated from a laboratory culture cyanobacterium Geitlerinema species and proposals of Maricaulaceae fam. nov., Robiginitomaculaceae fam. nov., Maricaulales ord. nov. and Hyphomonadales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 0:0.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Kevbrin et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Maricaulales Kevbrin et al. 2020. Publication: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Koziaeva V, Uzun M, Grouzdev D. Alkalicaulis satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphile isolated from a laboratory culture cyanobacterium Geitlerinema species and proposals of Maricaulaceae fam. nov., Robiginitomaculaceae fam. nov., Maricaulales ord. nov. and Hyphomonadales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 0:0.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Hyphomonadaceae Lee et al. 2005. Publication: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Rhodobacteraceae". 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.
  • Recommended reviewers for taxonomic proposals in this group are the corresponding authors of Abraham et al. (2004).

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alkalicaulis Kevbrin et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    "Euryhalocaulis" Deng et al. 2013	not validly published
    Glycocaulis Abraham et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Hyphobacterium Sun et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Maricaulis Abraham et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    Marinicauda Zhang et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Oceanicaulis Strömpl et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Woodsholea Abraham et al. 2004	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Caulobacterales Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

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