Name: Nitrosomonadaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.so.mo.na.da’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Nitrosomonas, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitrosomonadaceae, the Nitrosomonas family

Pronunciation, gender: ni-tro-so-mo-na-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Nitrosomonadaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 864.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boden et al. (2017) assigned this family to the order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order V. Nitrosomonadales 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 C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 863.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; ATCC: 6; NCIMB: 2; NBRC: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nitrosolobus Watson et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Nitrosovibrio" Harms et al. 1976	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Spirillales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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