Name: Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 in some sources as: "Nitrebaeteriaceae"; "Nitrohacteriaceae"; "Xitrobacteriaceae".

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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