Family Nitrincolaceae

Name: Nitrincolaceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Nitr.in.co.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Nitrincola, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitrincolaceae, the Nitrincola family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: nitr-in-ko-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Nitrincola Dimitriu et al. 2005

Effective publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 228. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7052.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oceanobacteraceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Litoribrevibacteraceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Marinomonadaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this family to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Pontibacterium Hyeon et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Amphritea Gärtner et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Neptuniibacter Arahal et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Neptunomonas Hedlund et al. 1999 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Nitrincola Dimitriu et al. 2005 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Corallomonas Chen et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Motiliproteus Wang et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Aliamphritea Yamano et al. 2023 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Borsodi AK, Korponai K, Schumann P, Sproer C, Felfoldi T, Marialigeti K, Szili-Kovacs T, Toth E. Nitrincola alkalilacustris sp. nov. and Nitrincola schmidtii sp. nov., alkaliphilic bacteria isolated from soda pans, and emended description of the genus Nitrincola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5159-5164. 🇭🇺
  • ❗ Nitrincolaceae 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).
  • 🧍 See also Flores-Felix et al. (2025). Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Corrigendum to "Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales" [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 206 (2025) 108321]. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108409. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005

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. — Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VIII. Oceanospirillales ord. 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. 270. 🇺🇸

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