Name: Moritellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Mo.ri.tel.la’ce.ae. N.L. fem. dim. n. Moritella, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Moritellaceae, the Moritella family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Moritella Urakawa et al. 1999

Valid publication: Ivanova EP, Flavier S, Christen R. Phylogenetic relationships among marine Alteromonas-like proteobacteria: emended description of the family Alteromonadaceae and proposal of Pseudoalteromonadaceae fam. nov., Colwelliaceae fam. nov., Shewanellaceae fam. nov., Moritellaceae fam. nov., Ferrimonadaceae fam. nov., Idiomarinaceae fam. nov. and Psychromonadaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1773-1788.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Alteromonadales Bowman and McMeekin 2005

Assigned by: Hosoya S, Suzuki S, Adachi K, Matsuda S, Kasai H. Paramoritella alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Moritellaceae isolated in the Republic of Palau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:411-416.

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Record number: 905
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