Name: Pectobacteriaceae Adeolu et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pec.to.bac.te.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Pectobacterium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pectobacteriaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Pectobacterium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pek-to-bak-te-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Pectobacterium Waldee 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bruguierivoracaceae" Li et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pecxtobacteriaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat et al. (2024). 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: LMG: 57; CFBP: 41; NCPPB: 41; DSM: 38; ICMP: 24; ATCC: 24; CIP: 19; CFCC: 8; CCUG: 8; KCTC: 6.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acerihabitans Lee et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Affinibrenneria" Bian et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Alcorniella" Jonca et al. 2024	not validly published	synonym
    Biostraticola Verbarg et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brenneria Hauben et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bruguierivorax Li et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dickeya Samson et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lonsdalea Brady et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Musicola Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pectobacterium Waldee 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prodigiosinella Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sodalis Dale and Maudlin 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Symbiopectobacterium Nadal-Jiménez et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Enterobacterales Adeolu et al. 2016

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599. 🇨🇦

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