Name: Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: O.xa.lo.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Oxalobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Oxalobacteraceae, the Oxalobacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o-xa-lo-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Oxalobacter Allison et al. 1985

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Oxalobacteraceae 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. 623. 🇺🇸

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

• Emendations:
  • Flores-Félix et al. 2025 Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 42. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6793.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 3 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Rhizobacter Goto and Kuwata 1988 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned the genus Piscinibacterium Sheu et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Lu et al. (2025) assigned the genus Paraundibacterium Ma et al. 2026 to this family. Publication: Lu HB, Kong LY, Chen L, Chen GJ, Wang JJ. Isolation of diverse Undibacterium-related strains from alpine lakes and re-examining the taxonomic status of this genus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126661. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Ma et al. (2023) assigned the genus Paraundibacterium Ma et al. 2026 to this family. Publication: Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Jiang N, Li Y. Genome-based analyses of family Oxalobacteraceae reveal the taxonomic classification. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104076. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Ma et al. (2023) assigned the genus "Afinundibacterium" to this family. Publication: Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Jiang N, Li Y. Genome-based analyses of family Oxalobacteraceae reveal the taxonomic classification. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104076. 🇨🇳
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Margesin et al. (2018), Kaempfer et al. (2012). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 144; KACC: 93; KCTC: 82; LMG: 75; JCM: 61; GDMCC: 58; NBRC: 53; CGMCC: 52; CCUG: 46; CCM: 39.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 26
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 29
Total number of child taxa: 33

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actimicrobium Kim et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Affinundibacterium Ma et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Alloherbaspirillum" Ma et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    Cognatundibacterium Lu et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Collimonas De Boer et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Duganella Hiraishi et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Gelidimonas" Grzesiak et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Glaciimonas Zhang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herminiimonas Fernandes et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Janthinobacterium De Ley et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Keguizhuia Zhao et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lacisediminimonas Wu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Massilia La Scola et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mokoshia Bowman 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Naxibacter Xu et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Neoundibacterium Ma et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Noviherbaspirillum Lin et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oxalicibacterium Tamer et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oxalobacter Allison et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraherbaspirillum Anandham et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraundibacterium Ma et al. 2026	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Parundibacterium corrig. Ma et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucimonas Jendrossek 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoduganella Kämpfer et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pseudundibacterium Lu et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rugamonas Austin and Moss 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sapientia Felföldi et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Solimicrobium Margesin et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Telluria Bowman et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Undibacterium Kämpfer et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zemynaea Bowman 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Zinderia" McCutcheon and Moran 2010	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order I. Burkholderiales 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. 575. 🇺🇸

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