Name: Rhodobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do.bi.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Rhodobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rhodobiaceae, the Rhodobium family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Rhodobium Hiraishi et al. 1995

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family X. Rhodobiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 571.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 9 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Kuykendall LD. Order VI. Rhizobiales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 324.
  • 🧒 Anil-Kumar et al. (2012) assigned the genus Tepidamorphus Albuquerque et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Kumar PA, Srinivas TN, Manasa P, Madhu S, Shivaji S. Lutibaculum baratangense gen. nov., sp. nov., a proteobacterium isolated from a mud volcano. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2025-2031.
  • 🧒 Anil-Kumar et al. (2012) assigned the genus Lutibaculum Anil Kumar et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Kumar PA, Srinivas TN, Manasa P, Madhu S, Shivaji S. Lutibaculum baratangense gen. nov., sp. nov., a proteobacterium isolated from a mud volcano. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2025-2031.
  • 🧒 Fukuda et al. (2012) assigned the genus "Roseospirillum" Glaeser and Overmann 1999 to this family. Publication: Fukuda W, Yamada K, Miyoshi Y, Okuno H, Atomi H, Imanaka T. Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer gen. nov., sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium isolated from a freshwater Antarctic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1945-1950.
  • 🧒 Fukuda et al. (2012) assigned the genus Anderseniella Brettar et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Fukuda W, Yamada K, Miyoshi Y, Okuno H, Atomi H, Imanaka T. Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer gen. nov., sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium isolated from a freshwater Antarctic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1945-1950.
  • 🧒 Fukuda et al. (2012) assigned the genus Parvibaculum Schleheck et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Fukuda W, Yamada K, Miyoshi Y, Okuno H, Atomi H, Imanaka T. Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer gen. nov., sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium isolated from a freshwater Antarctic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1945-1950.
  • 🧒 Fukuda et al. (2012) assigned the genus Rhodoligotrophos Fukuda et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Fukuda W, Yamada K, Miyoshi Y, Okuno H, Atomi H, Imanaka T. Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer gen. nov., sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium isolated from a freshwater Antarctic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1945-1950.
  • 🧒 Su et al. (2017) assigned the genus Microbaculum Su et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Su Y, Han S, Wang R, Yu X, Fu G, Chen C, Zhang C, Li Y, Sun C, Wu M. Microbaculum marinum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:812-817.
  • 🧒 Wang et al. (2017) assigned the genus Butyratibacter Wang et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Wang G, Wang Y, Su H, Wu H, Li T, Liang J, Huang W, Xiang W, Yu K. Butyratibacter algicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium from the culture broth of Picochlorum sp. 122. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3209-3213.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Afifella Urdiain et al. 2009 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; DSM: 4; JCM: 2; NBRC: 1; CIP: 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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rhodobium Hiraishi et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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