Family Natranaerovirgaceae

Name: Natranaerovirgaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Natr.an.a.e.ro.vir.ga’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Natranaerovirga, the type genus of the family, aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Natranaerovirgaceae, the Natranaerovirga family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: natr-an-a-e-ro-wir-GA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Natranaerovirga Sorokin et al. 2012

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Natranaerovirgaceae. In: Whitman W (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2024, p. 1-1. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cellulosilyticaceae Dong and Zhou 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Anaerotignaceae" Gilroy et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Anaerotignaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧕 Sorokin and Merkel (2024) assigned this family to the class Clostridia Rainey 2010. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Natranaerovirgaceae. In: Whitman W (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2024, p. 1-1. 🇳🇱
- 🧕 Sorokin and Merkel (2024) assigned this family to the order Lachnospirales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Natranaerovirgaceae. In: Whitman W (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2024, p. 1-1. 🇳🇱
- 🧒 Sorokin and Merkel (2024) assigned the genus Natranaerovirga Sorokin et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Natranaerovirgaceae. In: Whitman W (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2024, p. 1-1. 🇳🇱
- 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010. Publication: Schouw A, Leiknes Eide T, Stokke R, Birger Pedersen R, Helene Steen I, Bodtker G. Abyssivirga alkaniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading, anaerobic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent system, and emended descriptions of Natranaerovirga pectinivora and Natranaerovirga hydrolytica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1724-1734. 🇳🇴
- ❗ Natranaerovirgaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616. 🇳🇱

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