Name: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pep.to.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Peptococcus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Peptococcaceae, the Peptococcus family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pep-to-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Peptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Rogosa M. Peptococcaceae, a New Family To Include the Gram-Positive, Anaerobic Cocci of the Genera Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:234-237.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfurisporaceae Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfallaceae Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Desulfohalotomaculaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Pelotomaculaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermincolaceae Stackebrandt 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Dehalobacteriaceae" O'Connor et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfitisporaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfonisporaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Pelotomaculaceae" Hao et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfallantaceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfocucumeraceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfocucumaceae Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Desulfofarciminaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Lv et al. 2020 Lv XM, Yang M, Dai LR, Tu B, Chang C, Huang Y, Deng Y, Lawson PA, Zhang H, Cheng L, et al. Zhaonella formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic formate-utilizing bacterium isolated from Shengli oilfield, and proposal of four novel families and Moorellales ord. nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3361-3373. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Peptococcales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this family to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Thermoterrabacterium Slobodkin et al. 1997 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Carboxydothermus Svetlichny et al. 1991 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Succinispira Janssen and O'Farrell 1999 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Anaeroarcus Strömpl et al. 1999 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Anaerosinus Strömpl et al. 1999 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Anaerovibrio Hungate 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Centipeda Lai et al. 1983 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Dendrosporobacter Strömpl et al. 2000 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Mitsuokella Shah and Collins 1983 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Propionispira Schink et al. 1983 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the genus Dehalobacter Holliger et al. 1998 to this family. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🧒 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the genus Desulfitibacter Nielsen et al. 2006 to this family. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🧒 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the genus Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994 to this family. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🧒 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the genus Syntrophobotulus Friedrich et al. 1996 to this family. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🧒 Hamilton-Brehm et al. (2019) assigned the genus Thermoanaerosceptrum Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Hamilton-Brehm SD, Stewart LE, Zavarin M, Caldwell M, Lawson PA, Onstott TC, Grzymski J, Neveux I, Lollar BS, Russell CE, et al. Thermoanaerosceptrum fracticalcis gen. nov. sp. nov., a Novel Fumarate-Fermenting Microorganism From a Deep Fractured Carbonate Aquifer of the US Great Basin. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2224. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Rogosa (1971) assigned the genus Peptostreptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Rogosa M. Peptococcaceae, a New Family To Include the Gram-Positive, Anaerobic Cocci of the Genera Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:234-237.
  • 🧒 Watanabe et al. (2013) assigned the genus Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997 to this family. Publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfotomaculum intricatum sp. nov., a sulfate reducer isolated from freshwater lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3574-3578. 🇯🇵
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Peptoccaceae"; "Peptoccoaceae"; "Peptoccocaceae"; "Peptococcacea".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Watanabe et al. (2020), Qiu et al. (2006), Mao et al. (2021). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02958 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 103; ATCC: 41; JCM: 40; NBRC: 24; VKM: 14; CCUG: 12; KCTC: 10; NCTC: 10; CIP: 6; NCIMB: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 24
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 24
Total number of child taxa: 33

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acididesulfobacillus Sánchez-Andrea et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cryptanaerobacter Juteau et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Dehalobacterium" Mägli et al. 1996	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfallas Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfitispora Sorokin and Muyzer 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfocucumis Watanabe et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofalx Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofarcimen Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofundulus Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfohalotomaculum Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfolucanica corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfolucianica Watanabe et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Desulfonispora Denger et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforadius Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforamulus Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfoscipio Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfotruncus Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovectis Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfurispora Kaksonen et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Dichloromethanomonas" Kleindienst et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Formicimonas" corrig. Holland et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Formimonas" Holland et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Pelotomaculum Imachi et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Peptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phosphitispora Mao et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Propionivorax" Hao et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Sporotomaculum Brauman et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Syntrophopropionicum" Singh et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Thermanaerosceptrum corrig. Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermincola Sokolova et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerosceptrum Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Thermosyntrophopropionicum" Singh et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616. 🇳🇱

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