Name: Peptoniphilaceae Johnson et al. 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pep-to-ni-p^hi-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Tindall (2019) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪
  • 💁 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 -0.00283 (N = 5).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 84; CCUG: 53; CSUR: 44; ATCC: 30; JCM: 26; CIP: 18; NCTC: 17; KCTC: 7; LMG: 6; CECT: 5.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • 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. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Miniphocibacter Bilen et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    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

Parent taxon: Tissierellales Alauzet et al. 2020

Assigned by: Spring S. Thermohalobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-8. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 1985