Name: Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pu.ni.ce.i.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

Pronunciation, gender: pu-ni-ke-i-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, 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

• 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. 🇰🇷
  • 🧒 Feng et al. (2020) assigned the genus Oceanipulchritudo Feng et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Feng X, Zou QH, Zhang XY, Ye MQ, Du ZJ. Oceanipulchritudo coccoides gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment within the family Puniceicoccaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5654-5664. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the genus Coraliomargarita Yoon et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Lin et al. (2017) assigned the genus Ruficoccus Lin et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Hung MH, Lai WA, Young CC. Ruficoccus amylovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an amylolytic and nitrate-reducing diazotroph of the family Puniceicoccaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:956-962. 🇹🇼
  • 🧒 Yoon et al. (2007) assigned the genus Cerasicoccus Yoon et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Matsuda S, Adachi K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Cerasicoccus arenae gen. nov., sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing marine representative of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from marine sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2067-2072. 🇯🇵
  • 🧒 Yoon et al. (2007) assigned the genus Pelagicoccus Yoon et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yoon J, Oku N, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Pelagicoccus croceus sp. nov., a novel marine member of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from seagrass. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2874-2880. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Puneicoccaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1; NBRC: 1; KCCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Epixenosoma" Cho et al. 2010	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Fucivorax" Orellana et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Lentimonas" Krieg et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Marcellius" Nixon et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Pinguicoccus" Serra et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Puniceicoccus Choo et al. 2007	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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