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Family Proteinivoraceae
Name: Proteinivoraceae Kevbrin et al. 2014
Etymology: Pro.te.i.ni.vo.ra.ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Proteinivorax, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Proteinivoraceae, the Proteinivorax family (sic)
Type genus: Proteinivorax Kevbrin et al. 2014
Effective publication:
Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Zhilina T, Kolganova T, Lavrentjeva E, Kuznetsov B. Proteinivorax tanatarense gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, haloalkaliphilic, proteolytic bacterium isolated from a decaying algal bloom, and proposal of Proteinivoraceae fam. nov. Extremophiles 2013; 17:747-756. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 155. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1-5.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Correct name: Proteinivoracaceae corrig. Kevbrin et al. 2014
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Proteinivoracaceae corrig. Kevbrin et al. 2014 corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Tindall (2019) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932. 🇩🇪
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
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🧍 Irregularly formed name. The expected name to be formed from Proteinivorax would be "Proteinivoracaceae" because the genitive of vorax is voracis.
Publication:
Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585. 🇮🇱
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🧕 Tindall (2019) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.
Parent taxon: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kevbrin VV, Boltyanskaya YV. Proteinivoracaceae Kevbrin et al. 2013, VL155. In: Whitman WB, Rainey FA, Kämpfer P, Trujillo ME, DeVos P, Hedlund B, Dedysh S (eds), Bergey's Manual of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2024, p. 1-5. 🇷🇺
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Record number: 1957
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