Name: Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Phyllobacterium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Phyllobacteriaceae, the Phyllobacterium family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Phyllobacterium (ex Knösel 1962) Knösel 1984

Effective publication: Mergaert J, Swings J. Family IV. Phyllobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 393.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salaquimonadaceae diCenzo et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 15 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 5 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Kuykendall LD. Order VI. Rhizobiales 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 C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 324.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus "Candidatus Liberibacter" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994 to this family. Publication: Mergaert J, Swings J. Family IV. Phyllobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 393.
  • 🧒 Jung et al. (2012) assigned the genus Pseudahrensia Jung et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Jung YT, Park S, Lee JS, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Pseudahrensia aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2056-2061.
  • 🧒 Liao et al. (2018) assigned the genus Zhengella Liao et al. 2018 to this family. Publication: Liao H, Li Y, Lin X, Lai Q, Tian Y. Zhengella mangrovi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of family Phyllobacteriaceae isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2819-2825.
  • 🧒 Lin et al. (2015) assigned the genus Thalassocola Lin et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Young CC, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Chung WC, Young LS. Thalassocola ureilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., of the family Phyllobacteriaceae isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4100-4106.
  • 🧒 Park et al. (2013) assigned the genus Lentilitoribacter Park et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Park S, Lee JS, Lee KC, Yoon JH. Lentilitoribacter donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a slowly-growing alphaproteobacterium isolated from coastal seawater. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:457-464.
  • 🧒 Peix et al. (2005) assigned the genus Hoeflea Peix et al. 2005 to this family. Publication: Peix A, Rivas R, Trujillo ME, Vancanneyt M, Velazquez E, Willems A. Reclassification of Agrobacterium ferrugineum LMG 128 as Hoeflea marina gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1163-1166.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Phyllobactreiaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kaempfer et al. (2002), Jeong 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 60; KCTC: 46; JCM: 40; NBRC: 18; CECT: 17; CIP: 16; ATCC: 16; MCCC: 12; CGMCC: 11; CFBP: 10.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 21
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 28
Total number of child taxa: 32

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aerobium Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Aliihoeflea" Roh et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Allomesorhizobium Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aminobacter Urakami et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquamicrobium Bambauer et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquibium Kim et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Arvimicrobium" Lee et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Borborobacter Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carbophilus Meyer et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chelativorans Doronina et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chelatobacter Auling et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corticibacterium Li et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Defluvibacter Fritsche et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kumtagia Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Manganibacter Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neoaquamicrobium Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neomesorhizobium Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Nitratireductor Labbé et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceaniradius Jeong et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ollibium Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oricola Hameed et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Oryzicola" Chhetri et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Paramesorhizobium" Luo et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Phyllobacterium (ex Knösel 1962) Knösel 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudaminobacter Kämpfer et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudohoeflea Hyeon et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseitalea Hyeon et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salaquimonas Kim et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terribium Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermovum Yabe et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Tianweitania Han et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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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