Name: Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.spi.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Nitrospira, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitrospiraceae, the family of the genus Nitrospira

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-tro-spi-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986

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

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5799.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Magnetobacteriaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    Leptospirillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Nitrospiraceae" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nistrospiraceae".
  • 🔧 This taxon name is a replacement for "Nitrospiraceae" Garrity and Holt 2001.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Garrity and Holt) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Göker).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; ATCC: 4; NCIMB: 3; LMG: 2; VKM: 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: 2
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Leptospirillum (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Magnetobacterium" Spring et al. 1993	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Magnetobacterium" Chuvochina et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Magnetobacterium" Murray and Stackebrandt 1995	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Magnetominusculus" Lin et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Nitrobium" Arshad et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nitrospirales Garrity and Holt 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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Record number: 34882