Name: Oxalophagaceae Li et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: O.xa.lo.pha.ga.ce’ae. N.L. masc. n. Oxalophagus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Oxalophagaceae, the Oxalophagus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Oxalophagus Collins et al. 1994

Valid publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aneurinibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Brevibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Li et al. (2024) assigned the genus Ammoniphilus Zaitsev et al. 1998 to this family. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
  • 🧒 Li et al. (2024) assigned the genus Aneurinibacillus Shida et al. 1996 to this family. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
  • 🧒 Li et al. (2024) assigned the genus Brevibacillus Shida et al. 1996 to this family. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
  • 🧒 Li et al. (2024) assigned the genus Oxalophagus Collins et al. 1994 to this family. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010. Publication: De Vos P, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Whitman WB. Family IV. Paenibacillaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, Schleifer KH, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, 2009, p. 269.
  • ❗ Oxalophagaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Tindall BJ. When treated as heterotypic synonyms the names Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) and Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) have priority over the names Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980), respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2187-2195.

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