Name: Polyangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Polyangium Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Jahn E. Beitrage zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebruder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this family to the order "Myxobacteriales". Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the order "Myxobacterales". Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the suborder Sorangiineae corrig. Reichenbach 2007. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. 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. 1.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Nannocystis Reichenbach 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) 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.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Melittangium Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus "Podangium" to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus "Synangium" to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Jahnia (sic) Reichenbach 2007 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. 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. 1.

Subdivision:

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: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aetherobacter Garcia et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    "Byssophaga" Reichenbach 2005	not validly published
    Byssovorax Reichenbach 2006	validly published	correct name
    Chondromyces Berkeley and Curtis 1874 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    "Haploangium" (ex Peterson 1959) Reichenbach 2005	not validly published
    Jahnella corrig. Reichenbach 2007	validly published	correct name
    Polyangium Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Racemicystis Awal et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Sorangium (ex Jahn 1924) Reichenbach 2007	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Myxococcales Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Reichenbach H. Order VIII. Myxococcales Tchan, Pochon and Prévot 1948, 398AL. 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. 1059-1072.

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