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Family Peptoniphilaceae
Name: Peptoniphilaceae Johnson et al. 2014
Etymology: Pep.to.ni.phi.la.ce’ae. N.L. masc. n. Peptoniphilus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Peptoniphilaceae, the family of the genus Peptoniphilus
Type genus: Peptoniphilus Ezaki et al. 2001
Valid publication:
Johnson CN, Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Rhoades RE, Lawson PA. Peptoniphilus stercorisuis sp. nov., isolated from a swine manure storage tank and description of Peptoniphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3538-3545. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:5-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Johnson et al. (2014) assigned this family to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Johnson CN, Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Rhoades RE, Lawson PA. Peptoniphilus stercorisuis sp. nov., isolated from a swine manure storage tank and description of Peptoniphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3538-3545.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Cheng et al. (2025), Patel et al. (2019). 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 -0.06746 (N = 5).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 79; CCUG: 50; CSUR: 43; ATCC: 30; JCM: 26; CIP: 18; NCTC: 17; KCTC: 7; LMG: 5; CECT: 5.
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🧕 Johnson et al. (2014) assigned this family to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Johnson CN, Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Rhoades RE, Lawson PA. Peptoniphilus stercorisuis sp. nov., isolated from a swine manure storage tank and description of Peptoniphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3538-3545.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 21
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Aedoeadaptatus Hitch et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Anaerococcus Ezaki et al. 2001 validly published under the ICNP correct name Anaerosphaera Ueki et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Citroniella Patel et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name Ezakiella Patel et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Finegoldia Murdoch and Shah 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name Gallicola Ezaki et al. 2001 validly published under the ICNP correct name Helcococcus Collins et al. 1993 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Khoudiadiopia" Diop et al. 2017 not validly published preferred name "Lagierella" Traore et al. 2016 not validly published preferred name Microaceticoccus Cheng et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Miniphocaeibacter corrig. Bilen et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Miniphocibacter Bilen et al. 2021 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Miniphocibacter" Bilen et al. 2018 not validly published synonym Murdochiella Ulger-Toprak et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name Parvimonas Tindall and Euzéby 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Peptoniphilus Ezaki et al. 2001 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Schleiferella" Rajendram et al. 2001 not validly published synonym "Urinacoccus" Morand et al. 2016 not validly published synonym "Urinicoccus" Yimagou et al. 2019 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.
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