Name: Piscirickettsiaceae Fryer and Lannan 2005

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pis.ci.ric.kett.si.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Piscirickettsia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Piscirickettsiaceae, the Piscirickettsia family

Pronunciation, gender: pis-ki-rik-kett-si-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Piscirickettsia Fryer et al. 1992

Effective publication: Fryer JL, Lannan CN. Family II. Piscirickettsiaceae 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 180.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylophagaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cycloclasticaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Thiotrichales Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order V. Thiotrichales 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. 131.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Piscirickettsiales 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.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Boden et al. (2017). 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: 48; ATCC: 24; JCM: 14; VKM: 11; NBRC: 7; MCCC: 6; KCTC: 6; NCIMB: 5; UNIQEM: 4; NCCB: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cycloclasticus Dyksterhouse et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Galenea Giovannelli et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hydrogenovibrio Nishihara et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylophaga Janvier et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Piscirickettsia Fryer et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurivirga Takai et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thialkalimicrobium Sorokin et al. 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Thioalkalimicrobium corrig. Sorokin et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thiomicrorhabdus Boden et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiomicrospira Kuenen and Veldkamp 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiosulfatimonas Mochizuki et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiosulfativibrio Mochizuki et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Beggiatoales Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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Record number: 1078