Name: Maricaulaceae Kevbrin et al. 2021

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. n. 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 2021; 71:4614.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4725.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Kuzyk et al. 2022 Kuzyk SB, Jafri M, Humphrey E, Maltman C, Kyndt JA, Yurkov V. Prosthecate aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs Photocaulis sulfatitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov. and Photocaulis rubescens sp. nov. isolated from alpine meromictic lakes in British Columbia, Canada. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:444.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.
    • As of 2022-08-12 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • Kevbrin et al. (2021) assigned this family to the order Maricaulales Kevbrin et al. 2021. 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 2021; 71:4614.
  • 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.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 10; LMG: 9; VKM: 6; JCM: 5; CGMCC: 5; KCTC: 4; MCCC: 3; CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1; NCIMB: 1.

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: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alkalicaulis Kevbrin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Euryhalocaulis" Deng et al. 2013	not validly published
    Glycocaulis Abraham et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphobacterium Sun et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Maricaulis Abraham et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinicauda Zhang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanicaulis Strömpl et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Photocaulis" Kuzyk et al. 2022	not validly published
    Woodsholea Abraham et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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