Name: Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pu.ni.cei.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Puniceicoccus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Puniceicoccaceae, the family of the genus Puniceicoccus

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Puniceicoccus Choo et al. 2007

Valid publication: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelagicoccaceae Min et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Oceanipulchritudinaceae Min et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Coraliomargaritaceae Min et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cerasicoccaceae Min et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Choo et al. (2007) assigned the genus "Fucophilus" Sakai et al. 2003 to this family. Publication: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Puneicoccaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yoon et al. (2007). 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: KCTC: 11; JCM: 7; NBRC: 5; MCCC: 5; DSM: 2; BCRC: 1; KCCM: 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: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cerasicoccus Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Coraliomargarita Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Epixenosoma" Cho et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Fucivorax" Orellana et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Lentimonas" Krieg et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Marcellius" Nixon et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Oceanipulchritudo Feng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelagicoccus Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Pinguicoccus" Serra et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Puniceicoccus Choo et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubellicoccus Luo et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ruficoccus Lin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Puniceicoccales Choo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.

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