Name: Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Planctomyces, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Planctomycetaceae, the Planctomyces family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Planctomyces Gimesi 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Schlesner H, Stackebrandt E. Assignment of the genera Planctomyces and Pirella to a new family Planctomycetaceae fam. nov. and description of the order Planctomycetales ord. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:174-176.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Scheuner et al. 2014 Scheuner C, Tindall BJ, Lu M, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Cheng JF, Goodwin L, Pitluck S, Huntemann M, Liolios K, et al. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305^T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:10. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 22. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2028-2029.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 3 genera in the family.
  • Dedysh et al. 2020 Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050. 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 5 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 12 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Bondoso et al. (2015) assigned the genus Roseimaritima Bondoso et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Bondoso J, Albuquerque L, Nobre MF, Lobo-da-Cunha A, da Costa MS, Lage OM. Roseimaritima ulvae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Rubripirellula obstinata gen. nov., sp. nov. two novel planctomycetes isolated from the epiphytic community of macroalgae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:8-15.
  • 🧒 Bondoso et al. (2015) assigned the genus Rubripirellula Bondoso et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Bondoso J, Albuquerque L, Nobre MF, Lobo-da-Cunha A, da Costa MS, Lage OM. Roseimaritima ulvae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Rubripirellula obstinata gen. nov., sp. nov. two novel planctomycetes isolated from the epiphytic community of macroalgae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:8-15.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Gemmata Franzmann and Skerman 1985 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.
  • 🧒 Hahnke et al. (2016) assigned the genus Pirellula Schlesner and Hirsch 1987 to this family. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
  • 🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the genus Isosphaera Giovannoni et al. 1995 to this family. Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
  • 🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the genus Singulisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
  • 🧒 Lage et al. (2017) assigned the genus Mariniblastus Lage et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Lage OM, Albuquerque L, Lobo-da Cunha A, da Costa MS. Mariniblastus fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. a novel planctomycete associated with macroalgae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1571-1576.
  • 🧒 Peeters et al. (2020) assigned the genus Crateriforma Peeters et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Peeters SH, Wiegand S, Kallscheuer N, Jogler M, Heuer A, Jetten MSM, Rast P, Boedeker C, Rohde M, Jogler C. Three marine strains constitute the novel genus and species Crateriforma conspicua in the phylum Planctomycetes. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1797-1809.
  • 🧒 Rensink et al. (2020) assigned the genus Bremerella Rensink et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Rensink S, Wiegand S, Kallscheuer N, Rast P, Peeters SH, Heuer A, Boedeker C, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler M, et al. Description of the novel planctomycetal genus Bremerella, containing Bremerella volcania sp. nov., isolated from an active volcanic site, and reclassification of Blastopirellula cremea as Bremerella cremea comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1823-1837.
  • 🧒 Schlesner et al. (2004) assigned the genus Blastopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Schlesner H, Rensmann C, Tindall BJ, Gade D, Rabus R, Pfeiffer S, Hirsch P. Taxonomic heterogeneity within the Planctomycetales as derived by DNA-DNA hybridization, description of Rhodopirellula baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., transfer of Pirellula marina to the genus Blastopirellula gen. nov. as Blastopirellula marina comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pirellula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1567-1580.
  • 🧒 Schlesner et al. (2004) assigned the genus Rhodopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Schlesner H, Rensmann C, Tindall BJ, Gade D, Rabus R, Pfeiffer S, Hirsch P. Taxonomic heterogeneity within the Planctomycetales as derived by DNA-DNA hybridization, description of Rhodopirellula baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., transfer of Pirellula marina to the genus Blastopirellula gen. nov. as Blastopirellula marina comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pirellula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1567-1580.
  • 🧒 Seeger et al. (2017) assigned the genus Tuwongella Seeger et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Seeger C, Butler MK, Yee B, Mahajan M, Fuerst JA, Andersson SGE. Tuwongella immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel non-motile bacterium within the phylum Planctomycetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4923-4929.
  • 🧒 Slobodkina et al. (2015) assigned the genus Thermogutta Slobodkina et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Slobodkina GB, Kovaleva OL, Miroshnichenko ML, Slobodkin AI, Kolganova TV, Novikov AA, van Heerden E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Thermogutta terrifontis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thermogutta hypogea sp. nov., thermophilic anaerobic representatives of the phylum Planctomycetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:760-765.
  • 🧒 Slobodkina et al. (2016) assigned the genus Thermostilla Slobodkina et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Slobodkina GB, Panteleeva AN, Beskorovaynaya DA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Thermostilla marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, facultatively anaerobic planctomycete isolated from a shallow submarine hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:633-638.
  • 🧒 Storesund and Ovreas (2013) assigned the genus "Bythopirellula" Storesund and Ovreas 2013 to this family. Publication: Storesund JE, Ovreas L. Diversity of Planctomycetes in iron-hydroxide deposits from the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge (AMOR) and description of Bythopirellula goksoyri gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete from deep sea iron-hydroxide deposits. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:569-584.
  • 🧒 Wurzbacher et al. (2024) assigned the genus Planctoellipticum Wurzbacher et al. 2024 to this family. Publication: Wurzbacher CE, Haufschild T, Hammer J, van Teeseling MCF, Kallscheuer N, Jogler C. Planctoellipticum variicoloris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Planctomycetaceae isolated from wastewater of the aeration lagoon of a sugar processing plant in Northern Germany. Sci Rep 2024; 14:5741.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Zavarzinella Kulichevskaya et al. 2009 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Aquisphaera Bondoso et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Telmatocola Kulichevskaya et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Plancetomycetaceae"; "Plunctomycetuceue".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kallscheuer et al. (2020), Wurzbacher et al. (2024), Dedysh et al. (2020). 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: 30; LMG: 16; ATCC: 9; CECT: 8; VKM: 7; NBRC: 4; KCTC: 4; JCM: 3; CGMCC: 1.
  • 🧍 The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 23, published 9 April 1987) [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
  • 🧍 The family Planctomycetaceae [effective publication: Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1986, type genus: Planctomyces Gimesi 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)] appears also on the Validation List no. 26 [1]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 17
Total number of child taxa: 20

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alienimonas Boersma et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Calycomorphotria Schubert et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caulifigura Kallscheuer et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Fuerstia" Kohn et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Fuerstiella Kohn et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gimesia Scheuner et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Maioricimonas Rivas-Marin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planctellipticum corrig. Wurzbacher et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planctoellipticum Wurzbacher et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Planctomicrobium Kulichevskaya et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planctomyces Gimesi 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planctopirus Scheuner et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polystyrenella Peeters et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rhodopilula" Frank 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Rubinisphaera Scheuner et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schlesneria Kulichevskaya et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Stratiformator Kumar et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Symmachiella Salbreiter et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassoglobus Kohn et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassoroseus Kumar et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Planctomycetales Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987

Assigned by: Schlesner H, Stackebrandt E. Assignment of the genera Planctomyces and Pirella to a new family Planctomycetaceae fam. nov. and description of the order Planctomycetales ord. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:174-176.

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