Name: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.no.car’di.ac.e.ae. N.L. fem. n. Pseudonocardia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pseudonocardiaceae, the Pseudonocardia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Pseudonocardia Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Embley MT, Smida J, Stackebrandt E. The phylogeny of mycolate-less wall chemotype IV Actinomycetes and description of Pseudonocardiaceae fam. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 11:44-52.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 29. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mzabimycetaceae Saker et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinopolysporaceae Zhi et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Stackebrandt et al. 1997 Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 13 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.
    • 🧍 In the paper by Stackebrandt et al. 1997, this family is cited as Pseudonocardiaceae (Warwick et al. 1994) (sic) emend. Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
  • Zhi et al. 2009 Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 14 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 3 genera from the family.
  • Labeda et al. 2011 Labeda DP, Goodfellow M, Chun J, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Reassessment of the systematics of the suborder Pseudonocardineae: transfer of the genera within the family Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 into an emended family Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989 emend. Zhi et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1259-1264. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2027-2028.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 25 genera in the family.
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 33 genera in the family.
  • Teo et al. 2021 Teo WFA, Tan GYA, Li WJ. Taxonomic note on the family Pseudonocardiaceae based on phylogenomic analysis and descriptions of Allosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. and Halosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5075. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5165.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 36 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the suborder Pseudonocardineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. 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.
  • 🧕 Labeda et al. (2011) assigned this family to the suborder Pseudonocardiineae corrig. Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Labeda DP, Goodfellow M, Chun J, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Reassessment of the systematics of the suborder Pseudonocardineae: transfer of the genera within the family Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 into an emended family Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989 emend. Zhi et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1259-1264.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this family to the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this family to the suborder Pseudonocardiineae corrig. Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🧕 Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this family to the suborder Pseudonocardiineae corrig. Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pseudanemrdiaceae"; "Pseudocardiaceae"; "Pseudollocardiaceae"; "Pseudonmtocaceae"; "Pseudonocardiacetes".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: M. Goodfellow MET. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the suborder Pseudonocardineae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2004; 54:283.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Goodfellow M, Trujillo ME. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the suborder Pseudonocardineae:Minutes of the closed meeting, 31 July 2002, Paris, France. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2004; 54:283-283.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Labeda et al. (2011), Teo et al. (2024), Mao et al. (2011), Tamura et al. (2011), Zhang et al. (2016). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 367; JCM: 267; NBRC: 195; NRRL: 145; IFO: 99; KCTC: 94; ATCC: 84; CGMCC: 81; VKM: 64; TBRC: 30.
  • 🧍 The page numbers given for the paper that included the effective publication of the name Pseudonocardiaceae (pp. 16-19) are incorrect. The correct page number is 44-52. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2008; 58:2672.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 39
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 48
Total number of child taxa: 49

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinoalloteichus Tamura et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobispora Jiang et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Actinocrispum Hatano et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinokineospora Hasegawa 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora Jiang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinophytocola Indananda et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinopolyspora Gochnauer et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinorectispora Quadri et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinosynnema Hasegawa et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alloactinosynnema Yuan et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Allokutzneria Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Allosaccharopolyspora Teo et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolata Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Asiosporangium" Runmao et al. 1995	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Bounagaea Meklat et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Crossiella Labeda 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Faenia Kurup and Agre 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Gandjariella Ningsih et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Goodfellowia Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2006	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Goodfellowiella Labeda et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloactinomyces Lai et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloechinothrix Tang et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halopolyspora Lai et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halosaccharopolyspora Teo et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbihabitans Zhang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kibdelosporangium Shearer et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kutzneria Stackebrandt et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Labedaea Lee 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lechevalieria Labeda et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Longimycelium Xia et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mzabimyces Saker et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Prauserella Kim and Goodfellow 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoamycolata Akimov et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pseudonocardia Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qaidamihabitans Tian et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharomonospora Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinifilum Moshtaghi Nikou et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sciscionella Tian et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Solihabitans Jin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Streptoalloteichus (ex Tomita et al. 1978) Tomita et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tamaricihabitans Qin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermocrispum Korn-Wendisch et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermotunica Wu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Umezawaea Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Yuhushiella Mao et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiales Labeda and Goodfellow 2015

Assigned by: Labeda DP, Goodfellow M. Order XIII. Pseudonocardiales 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. 1301.

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