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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mo-ri-tel-LA-ke-a͡e, 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

• Emendations:
  • Hosoya et al. 2009 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. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ivanova et al. (2004) assigned this family to the class "Gammaproteobacteria". 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Alteromonadaceae Ivanova and Mikhailov 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 6; DSM: 4; LMG: 2; CIP: 2; KCCM: 2; NCIMB: 2; ATCC: 2; NCCB: 1; MBIC: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Ivanova et al. 2004, the type genus of the family Moritellaceae is erroneously cited as Moritella Urakawa et al. 1998. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Moritella Urakawa et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paramoritella Hosoya et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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