Name: Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Ni.tro.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Nitrobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitrobacteraceae, the Nitrobacter family
Type genus: Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication:
Buchanan RE. Studies on the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: III. The Families of the Eubacteriales. J Bacteriol 1917; 2:347-350.
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
Name | Kind |
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Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) | homotypic synonym, orthographic variant |
Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 16
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Afipia Brenner et al. 1992 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Agromonas Ohta and Hattori 1985 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Blastobacter Zavarzin 1961 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Bradyrhizobium Jordan 1982 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Metalliresistens" Noisangiam et al. 2010 | not validly published | |
Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP, conserved name | correct name |
[Nitrosocystis] | preliminary entry that lacks crucial information | |
Oligotropha Meyer et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Pseudolabrys Kämpfer et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Pseudorhodoplanes Tirandaz et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
[Rhizobacterium] | preliminary entry that lacks crucial information | |
Rhodoplanes Hiraishi and Ueda 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Rhodopseudomonas Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Tardiphaga De Meyer et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Undibacter Jung et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Variibacter Kim et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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Record number: 952