Name: Pedomonadaceae Wang et al. 2025

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pe.do.mo.na.da’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Pedomonas, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pedomonadaceae, the Pedomonas family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-do-mo-na-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Pedomonas Lopez Marin et al. 2022

Valid publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sphingosinicellaceae Hördt et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingosinicellaceae Hördt et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Pedomonas Lopez Marin et al. 2022 to this family. Publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Sphingosinicellaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Lopez Marin MA, Suman J, Jani K, Ulbrich P, Cajthaml T, Pajer P, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Strejcek M, Uhlik O. Pedomonas mirosovicensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil with the aid of Micrococcus luteus culture supernatant containing resuscitation-promoting factor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5467. 🇨🇿
  • ❗ Pedomonadaceae 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: Sphingomonadales Yabuuchi and Kosako 2006

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. — Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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