Name: Opitutaceae Choo et al. 2007

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: O.pi.tu.ta’ce.ae N.L. masc. n. Opitutus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Opitutaceae, the family of the genus Opitutus

Type genus: Opitutus Chin et al. 2001

Valid publication: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Tegtmeier et al. 2018 Tegtmeier D, Belitz A, Radek R, Heimerl T, Brune A. Ereboglobus luteus gen. nov. sp. nov. from cockroach guts, and new insights into the oxygen relationship of the genera Opitutus and Didymococcus (Verrucomicrobia: Opitutaceae). Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:101-112. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 28. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2137-2138.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alterococcus Shieh and Jean 1999	validly published	correct name
    Cephaloticoccus Lin et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    "Diplosphaera" Wertz et al. 2012	not validly published
    Ereboglobus Tegtmeier et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Geminisphaera Wertz et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    "Lacunisphaera" Rast et al. 2017	not validly published
    Nibricoccus Baek et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Oleiharenicola Rochman et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Opitutus Chin et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Rariglobus Pitt et al. 2020	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Opitutales Choo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.

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