Family Roseiarcaceae

Name: Roseiarcaceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Ro.se.i.ar.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Roseiarcus, type genus of the family [probably better: Rosearcus]; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Roseiarcaceae, the Roseiarcus family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ro-se-i-ar-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Roseiarcus Kulichevskaya et al. 2014

Valid publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Danilova OV, Tereshina VM, Kevbrin VV, Dedysh SN. Descriptions of Roseiarcus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacteriochlorophyll a-containing fermentative bacterium related phylogenetically to alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs, and of the family Roseiarcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2558-2565. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.

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 inclusion of 1 genus in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kulichevskaya et al. (2014) assigned this family to the class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Danilova OV, Tereshina VM, Kevbrin VV, Dedysh SN. Descriptions of Roseiarcus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacteriochlorophyll a-containing fermentative bacterium related phylogenetically to alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs, and of the family Roseiarcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2558-2565. 🇷🇺
  • 🧕 Kulichevskaya et al. (2014) assigned this family to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Danilova OV, Tereshina VM, Kevbrin VV, Dedysh SN. Descriptions of Roseiarcus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacteriochlorophyll a-containing fermentative bacterium related phylogenetically to alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs, and of the family Roseiarcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2558-2565. 🇷🇺
  • 🧒 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned the genus Rhodoblastus Imhoff 2001 to this family. 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Roseiarcus Kulichevskaya et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terripilifer Liu et al. 2025	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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Record number: 1981