Family Pelagibaculaceae

Name: Pelagibaculaceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Pe.la.gi.ba.cu.la’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Pelagibaculum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pelagibaculaceae, the Pelagibaculum family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-la-gi-ba-ku-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Pelagibaculum Knobloch et al. 2019

Effective 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. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 228. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7052.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcanivoraceae Golyshin et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ketobacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this family to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). 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 Pelagibaculum Knobloch et al. 2019 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. 🇪🇸
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005. Publication: Knobloch S, Daussin A, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Pelagibaculum spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge in South-West Iceland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2129-2134. 🇮🇸
  • ❗ Pelagibaculaceae 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).
  • 🧍 See also Flores-Felix et al. (2025). Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Corrigendum to "Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales" [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 206 (2025) 108321]. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108409. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005

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. — Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VIII. Oceanospirillales 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 270. 🇺🇸

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