Name: Orbaceae Kwong and Moran 2013

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Or.ba’ce.ae. L. masc. n. Orbus, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Orbaceae, the family of the genus Orbus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: or-BA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Orbus Volkmann et al. 2010

Valid publication: Kwong WK, Moran NA. Cultivation and characterization of the gut symbionts of honey bees and bumble bees: description of Snodgrassella alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Neisseriaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, and Gilliamella apicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Orbaceae fam. nov., Orbales ord. nov., a sister taxon to the order 'Enterobacteriales' of the Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2008-2018. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Orbeaceae"; "Oriaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCIMB: 9; ATCC: 8; DSM: 7; LMG: 6; JCM: 2; KACC: 2; CCUG: 1; BCRC: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Kwong and Moran 2013, the etymology is erroneously cited as follows: N.L. masc. n. Orbus type genus of the order; L. pl. suff. -aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Orbaceae the family of the genus Orbus. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Frischella Engel et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gilliamella Kwong and Moran 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neffella Silva Cerqueira et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Orbus Volkmann et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Utexia Phillips et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zophobihabitans Kuo et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Orbales Kwong and Moran 2013

Assigned by: Kwong WK, Moran NA. Cultivation and characterization of the gut symbionts of honey bees and bumble bees: description of Snodgrassella alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Neisseriaceae of the Betaproteobacteria, and Gilliamella apicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Orbaceae fam. nov., Orbales ord. nov., a sister taxon to the order 'Enterobacteriales' of the Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2008-2018. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 1953