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Name: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Propionibacterium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Propionibacteriaceae, the Propionibacterium family
Type genus: Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication: Delwiche EA. Family XI. Propionobacteriaceae Delwiche, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 569.
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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 25
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 28
Total number of child taxa: 31
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Acidipropionibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Aestuariimicrobium Jung et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Ammonicoccus Yu et al. 2025 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Arachnia Pine and Georg 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Auraticoccus Alonso-Vega et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Avipropionibacterium" Gilroy et al. 2021 | not validly published | pro-correct name |
Brevilactibacter Wenning et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Brooklawnia Rainey et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Cutibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desertihabitans Sun et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Enemella Bernard et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Friedmanniella Schumann et al. 1997 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Granulicoccus Maszenan et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Luteococcus Tamura et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mariniluteicoccus Zhang et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Microlunatus Nakamura et al. 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Micropruina Shintani et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Naumannella Rieser et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Nigeribacterium" Khare et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name |
[Nigerium] | preliminary entry that lacks crucial information | |
Parenemella Bernard et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Propionicicella Bae et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Propioniciclava Sugawara et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Propionicimonas Akasaka et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Propioniferax Yokota et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Propionimicrobium Stackebrandt et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Pseudopropionibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | synonym |
Raineyella Pikuta et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Tessaracoccus Maszenan et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Vaginimicrobium Diop et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Propionibacteriales (Rainey et al. 1997) Patrick and McDowell 2015
Assigned by:
Patrick S, McDowell A. Order XII. Propionibacteriales ord. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology vol. 5, 2nd edn., Springer, New York, 2012, p. 1137.
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Record number: 1114