Name: Pleioneaceae Wang et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Plei.o.ne.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Pleionea, name of a bacterial genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pleioneaceae, the Pleionea family

Pronunciation, gender: ple͡i-o-ne-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Pleionea Fagervold et al. 2013

Valid publication: Wang G, Dang G, Xu S, Liu J, Su H, Liang J, Huang W, Wang Y, Yu K. Aliikangiella coralliicola sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from coral Porites lutea, and proposal of Pleioneaceae fam. nov. to accommodate Pleionea and Aliikangiella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5880-5887.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Kangiellaceae Wang et al. 2015

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Wang G, Tang M, Wu H, Dai S, Li T, Chen C, He H, Fan J, Xiang W, Li X. Aliikangiella marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium from the culture broth of Picochlorum sp. 122, and proposal of Kangiellaceae fam. nov. in the order Oceanospirillales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4488-4494.

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