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Family Pleomorphomonadaceae
Name: Pleomorphomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Etymology: Ple.o.mor.pho.mo.na.da’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Pleomorphomonas, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pleomorphomonadaceae, the Pleomorphomonas family
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ple-o-mor-pho-mo-na-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Pleomorphomonas Xie and Yokota 2005
Effective publication:
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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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧒 Proença et al. (2022) assigned the genus Faunimonas Proença et al. 2022 to this family.
Publication:
Proenca DN, Whitman WB, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Morais PV. Faunimonas pinastri gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the family Pleomorphomonadaceae, class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5623. 🇵🇹
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Methylocystaceae Bowman 2006.
Publication:
Esquivel-Elizondo S, Maldonado J, Krajmalnik-Brown R. Anaerobic carbon monoxide metabolism by Pleomorphomonas carboxyditropha sp. nov., a new mesophilic hydrogenogenic carboxydotroph. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2018; 94:fiy056. 🇺🇸
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; KCTC: 5; JCM: 4; NBRC: 3; KACC: 3; MCCC: 2; ATCC: 2; IAM: 1; CGMCC: 1; LMG: 1.
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🧒 Proença et al. (2022) assigned the genus Faunimonas Proença et al. 2022 to this family.
Publication:
Proenca DN, Whitman WB, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Morais PV. Faunimonas pinastri gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the family Pleomorphomonadaceae, class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5623.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Chthonobacter Kim et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Hartmannibacter Suarez et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Methylobrevis Poroshina et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mongoliimonas Xi et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Oharaeibacter Lv et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Oryzibacter Lee and Whang 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pleomorphomonas Xie and Yokota 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 11023
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