Name: Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Emendations:
  • Watson 1971 Watson SW. Taxonomic considerations of the family Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan. Requests for opinions. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:254-270.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-09-21 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 13 genera in the family.
    • The emendation was motivated by the need to taxonomically update Nitrobacteraceae, which had been neglected because of the use of Bradyrhizobiaceae in a manner that was not in accordance with the rules of the ICNP.

• Notes:
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this family to the suborder Eubacteriineae Breed et al. 1944 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the suborder Pseudomonadineae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Buchanan (1917) assigned this family to the domain "Bacteria". Publication: Buchanan RE. Studies on the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: III. The Families of the Eubacteriales. J Bacteriol 1917; 2:347-350.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • Asai (1935) assigned the genus "Gluconacetobacter" to this family. Publication: Asai T. Taxonomic studies on acetic acid bacteria and allied oxidative bacteria isolated from fruits. A new classification of the oxidative bacteria. Journal of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1935; 11:674-708.
  • Asai (1935) assigned the genus "Gluconoacetobacter" to this family. Publication: Asai T. Taxonomic studies on acetic acid bacteria and allied oxidative bacteria isolated from fruits. A new classification of the oxidative bacteria. Journal of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1935; 11:674-708.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the tribe Thiobacilleae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the tribe "Hydrogenomonadeae" to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the tribe "Nitrobactereae" to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus "Nitrocystis" to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus "Nitrosogloea" to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned the tribe "Azotobactereae" to this family. Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VII. Bradyrhizobiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 438.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Nitrohacteraceae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 81; DSM: 60; ATCC: 41; NBRC: 36; JCM: 20; CNPSo: 19; CCUG: 17; CECT: 17; KCTC: 14; IFO: 11.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    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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