Name: Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Rickettsia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rickettsiaceae, the Rickettsia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Pinkerton H. Criteria for the accurate classification of the Rickettsial diseases (Rickettsioses) and of their etiological agents. Parasitology 1936; 28:172-189.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Brenner et al. 1993 Brenner DJ, O'Connor SP, Winkler HH, Steigerwalt AG. Proposals to unify the genera Bartonella and Rochalimaea, with descriptions of Bartonella quintana comb. nov., Bartonella vinsonii comb. nov., Bartonella henselae comb. nov., and Bartonella elizabethae comb. nov., and to remove the family Bartonellaceae from the order Rickettsiales. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:777-786. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.
  • Dumler et al. 2001 Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 2 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Wolbachia Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. 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.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Cowdria Moshkovski 1947 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Coxiella (Philip 1943) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus "Wolhynia" to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the tribe Ehrlichieae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the tribe Rickettsieae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Vannini et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Candidatus Gigarickettsia" Vannini et al. 2014 to this family. Publication: Vannini C, Boscaro V, Ferrantini F, Benken KA, Mironov TI, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Fokin SI, Sabaneyeva EV, Petroni G. Flagellar movement in two bacteria of the family rickettsiaceae: a re-evaluation of motility in an evolutionary perspective. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87718.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Itickettsiaceae"; "Rickemiaceae"; "Rickensiaceae"; "Ricketlsiaceae"; "Ricketseaceae"; "Rickettaiaceae"; "Rickettciaceae"; "Rickettisaceae"; "Riclcetlsiaceae"; "Riclcettsiaceae"; "Riokettsiaceae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 39; DSM: 12; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 17

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Cryptoprodota" corrig. Ferrantini et al. 2009	not validly published
    "Candidatus Cryptoprodotis" Ferrantini et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling
    "Dermacentroxenus" Wolbach 1919	not validly published
    "Candidatus Gigantorickettsia" corrig. Vannini et al. 2014	not validly published
    "Candidatus Gigarickettsia" Vannini et al. 2014	inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Hemipteriphilus" Bing et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Candidatus Megaera" corrig. Schrallhammer et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Candidatus Megaira" Schrallhammer et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling
    Occidentia Mediannikov et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Orientia Tamura et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Phycorickettsia" Yurchenko et al. 2018	not validly published
    Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    "Candidatus Sarmatiella" Castelli et al. 2021	not validly published
    "Candidatus Spectririckettsia" Castelli et al. 2019	not validly published
    "Candidatus Tisiphia" Davison et al. 2022	not validly published
    "Candidatus Trichorickettsia" Vannini et al. 2014	not validly published
    "Candidatus Xenohaliotis" Friedman et al. 2000	not validly published

Parent taxon: Rickettsiales Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brenner DJ, O'Connor SP, Winkler HH, Steigerwalt AG. Proposals to unify the genera Bartonella and Rochalimaea, with descriptions of Bartonella quintana comb. nov., Bartonella vinsonii comb. nov., Bartonella henselae comb. nov., and Bartonella elizabethae comb. nov., and to remove the family Bartonellaceae from the order Rickettsiales. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:777-786.

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