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
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
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.
⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from 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. — 🧒 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. — 🧒 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. — 🧒 Winslow et al. (1920) assigned the tribe "Nitrobactereae" 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nitrohacteraceae".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 86; DSM: 60; ATCC: 40; NBRC: 36; JCM: 21; CIP: 20; CNPSo: 19; CCUG: 17; CECT: 17; KCTC: 14.
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