Name: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Micrococcus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Micrococcaceae, the Micrococcus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Pribram E. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS. J Bacteriol 1929; 18:361-394.

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
    Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Stackebrandt et al. 1997 Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 7 genera in the family. — Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.
    • In the paper by Stackebrandt et al., this nomenclatural name is cited as Micrococcaceae Pribham (sic) 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
  • Zhi et al. 2009 Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 8 genera in the family. — Emendation accompanied by the removal of 3 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the suborder Micrococcineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. 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.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this family to the suborder Eubacteriineae Breed et al. 1944 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this family to the suborder Micrococcineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this family to the suborder Micrococcineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Bogoriella Groth et al. 1997 to this family. 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Demetria Groth et al. 1997 to this family. 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Terracoccus Prauser et al. 1997 to this family. 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Leucobacter Takeuchi et al. 1996 to this family. 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.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Pediococcus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus "Gaffkya" to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Peptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus "Gaffkya" to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Cobet et al. (1970) assigned the genus "Arthrobacer" to this family. Publication: Cobet AB, Wirsen CJ, Jones GE. The effect of nickel on a marine bacterium, Arthrobacter marinus sp.nov. J Gen Microbiol 1970; 62:159-169.
  • Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned the tribe "Sarcineae" to this family. — Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned the tribe "Sporosarcineae" to this family. Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • Prevot (1940) assigned the tribe Staphylococceae Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • Prevot (1940) assigned the tribe Streptococceae Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • Prevot (1940) assigned the tribe "Micrococceae" to this family. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • Pribram (1929) assigned the genus Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Pribram E. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS. J Bacteriol 1929; 18:361-394.
  • Pribram (1929) assigned the genus Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Pribram E. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS. J Bacteriol 1929; 18:361-394.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Jlicrococcaceae"; "Micrococaceae"; "Micrococcacea"; "Mirrococcaceae".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Toth E, Schumann P, Hamada M, Suzuki KI. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the suborder Micrococcineae Minutes of the meeting, 29 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2068-2069.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Busse and Schumann (2019), Altenburger et al. (2002), Li et al. (2005), Tang et al. (2009). 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: 281; JCM: 219; LMG: 111; CIP: 105; ATCC: 103; NBRC: 100; CCUG: 90; KCTC: 77; IFO: 66; VKM: 49.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 28
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 31
Total number of child taxa: 34

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acaricomes Pukall et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    [Ascococcus]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Auritidibacter Yassin et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Bacteridium]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Diplococcus]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Enteractinococcus Cao et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Falsarthrobacter Busse and Moore 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Galactobacter Hahne et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Garicola Lo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Glutamicibacter Busse 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haematomicrobium Schumann and Busse 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Micrococcoides Tóth et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neomicrococcus Prakash et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paenarthrobacter Busse 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paeniglutamicibacter Busse 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelczaria Poston 1994	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	synonym
    Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoglutamicibacter Busse 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychromicrobium Schumann et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sinomonas Zhou et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Specibacter Lee and Schumann 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Tersicoccus Vaishampayan et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Yania Li et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Yaniella Li et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zafaria Amin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zhihengliuella Zhang et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Micrococcales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355.

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