Name: Melioribacteraceae Podosokorskaya et al. 2013

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.li.o.ri.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Melioribacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Melioribacteraceae, family of the genus Melioribacter

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-li-o-ri-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Melioribacter Podosokorskaya et al. 2013

Effective publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Kadnikov VV, Gavrilov SN, Mardanov AV, Merkel AY, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Kublanov IV. Characterization of Melioribacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic thermophilic cellulolytic bacterium from the class Ignavibacteria, and a proposal of a novel bacterial phylum Ignavibacteriae. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:1759-1771. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 153. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3131-3134.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Podosokorskaya et al. (2025). 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: VKM: 5; UQM: 4; JCM: 4; KCTC: 3; B: 1; BIM: 1; DSM: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Melioribacter Podosokorskaya et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyranulibacter Podosokorskaya et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rosettibacter Podosokorskaya et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Stygiobacter Podosokorskaya et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Ignavibacteriales Iino et al. 2010

Assigned by: Podosokorskaya OA, Kadnikov VV, Gavrilov SN, Mardanov AV, Merkel AY, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Kublanov IV. Characterization of Melioribacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic thermophilic cellulolytic bacterium from the class Ignavibacteria, and a proposal of a novel bacterial phylum Ignavibacteriae. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:1759-1771. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 1959