Name: Rhodoblastaceae diCenzo et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do.blast.a’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Rhodoblastus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rhodoblastaceae, the Rhodoblastus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Rhodoblastus Imhoff 2001

Valid publication: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Roseiarcaceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodoblastaceae Guo et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Roseiarcaceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Guo et al. (2024) assigned this family to the class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Guo XY, Zhang QM, Fu JC, Qiu LH. Terrirubrum flagellatum gen. nov., sp. nov. of Terrirubraceae fam. nov. and Lichenibacterium dinghuense sp. nov. from forest soil and proposal of Rhodoblastaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6348.
  • 🧕 Guo et al. (2024) assigned this family to the order Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Guo XY, Zhang QM, Fu JC, Qiu LH. Terrirubrum flagellatum gen. nov., sp. nov. of Terrirubraceae fam. nov. and Lichenibacterium dinghuense sp. nov. from forest soil and proposal of Rhodoblastaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6348.
  • 🧒 DiCenzo et al. (2024) assigned the genus Rhodoblastus Imhoff 2001 to this family. Publication: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328.
  • 🧒 Guo et al. (2024) assigned the genus Rhodoblastus Imhoff 2001 to this family. Publication: Guo XY, Zhang QM, Fu JC, Qiu LH. Terrirubrum flagellatum gen. nov., sp. nov. of Terrirubraceae fam. nov. and Lichenibacterium dinghuense sp. nov. from forest soil and proposal of Rhodoblastaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6348.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Roseiarcaceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2014. Publication: 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.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Beijerinckiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Dedysh SN, Haupt ES, Dunfield PF. Emended description of the family Beijerinckiaceae and transfer of the genera Chelatococcus and Camelimonas to the family Chelatococcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3177-3182.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VII. Bradyrhizobiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 438.
  • ❗ Rhodoblastaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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