Name: Nitrospinaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Nitrospina, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitrospinaceae, the Nitrospina family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Nitrospina Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family III. Nitrospinaceae 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. 999.

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:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Desulfobacterales Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order III. Desulfobacterales 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. 959.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this family to the class "Nitrospinia" Luecker et al. 2013. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Desulfoarculaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; LMG: 1; NCIMB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Nitrohelix" Mueller et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Nitronauta" Mueller et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Nitrospina Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nitrospinales Lücker et al. 2022

Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.

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