Name: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ro.se.o.bac.ter.a’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Roseobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Roseobacteraceae, the Roseobacter family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Roseobacter Shiba 1991

Effective publication: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Liang et al. (2021) assigned this family to the class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
  • 🧒 Kong et al. (2022) assigned the genus Heliomarina Kong et al. 2022 to this family. Publication: Kong YH, Ren WT, Xu L, Cheng H, Zhou P, Wang CS, Wu YH, Xu XW. Mesobacterium pallidum gen. nov., sp. nov., Heliomarina baculiformis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Oricola indica sp. nov., three novel Alphaproteobacteria members isolated from deep-sea water in the southwest Indian ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5236.
  • 🧒 Kong et al. (2022) assigned the genus Mesobacterium Kong et al. 2022 to this family. Publication: Kong YH, Ren WT, Xu L, Cheng H, Zhou P, Wang CS, Wu YH, Xu XW. Mesobacterium pallidum gen. nov., sp. nov., Heliomarina baculiformis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Oricola indica sp. nov., three novel Alphaproteobacteria members isolated from deep-sea water in the southwest Indian ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5236.
  • 🧒 Liang et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Falsiphaeobacter" Liang et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
  • 🧒 Liang et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Pseudooctadecabater" to this family. — 🧒 Liang et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Tranquilimonas" to this family. Publication: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
  • 🧒 Nedashkovskaya et al. (2023) assigned the genus Rhodoalgimonas Nedashkovskaya et al. 2024 to this family. Publication: Nedashkovskaya O, Otstavnykh N, Balabanova L, Bystritskaya E, Kim S-G, Zhukova N, Tekutyeva L, Isaeva M. Rhodoalgimonas zhirmunskyi gen. nov., sp. nov., a Marine Alphaproteobacterium Isolated from the Pacific Red Alga Ahnfeltia tobuchiensis: Phenotypic Characterization and Pan-Genome Analysis. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2463.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodobacteraceae 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. 161.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rosebacteraceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Harwati et al. (2009), Billerbeck et al. (2015), Zhang et al. (2019), Martinez-Checa et al. (2005), Hahnke et al. (2013). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 323; DSM: 317; JCM: 190; MCCC: 122; LMG: 108; NBRC: 93; CECT: 86; CGMCC: 66; CCUG: 59; CIP: 44.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 140
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 171
Total number of child taxa: 185

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actibacterium Lucena et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aestuariibius Park et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aestuariicoccus Feng et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aestuariihabitans Yoon et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aestuariivita Park et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aestuarium Yu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Agaricicola Chu et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Albibacillus Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aliioceanicola" Liang et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Aliiroseovarius Park et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aliiruegeria Liang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Aliisedimentitalea" Kim et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Aliishimia Kim et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalimicrobium Zhang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Allosediminivita Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alloyangia Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amylibacter Teramoto and Nishijima 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Antarcticimicrobium Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Antarctobacter Labrenz et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquicoccus Feng et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquimixticola Park et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arenibacterium Baek et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ascidiaceihabitans Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Boseongicola Park et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevirhabdus Wu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carideicomes Wang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Celeribacter Ivanova et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chachezhania Yuan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Citreicella Sorokin et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Citreimonas Choi and Cho 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cognatishimia Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cognatiyoonia Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Confluentimicrobium Park et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Cribrihabitans Chen et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dinoroseobacter Biebl et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Donghicola Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Epibacterium Penesyan et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Falsihalocynthiibacter Liang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Falsiruegeria Liang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavimaricola Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fluviibacterium Sun et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gaetbulicola Yoon et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halocynthiibacter Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halodurantibacterium Lv et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hasllibacter Kim et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Histidinibacterium Wang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Huaishuia Wang et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Hwanghaeicola Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Jannaschia Wagner-Döbler et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Jhaorihella Rekha et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Jindonia" Park et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Kandeliimicrobium Wang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kangsaoukella Lee et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ketogulonicigenium" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Ketogulonigenium" Urbance et al. 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Kopriimonas" Quinn et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Lacimonas Zhong et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leisingera Schaefer et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentibacter Li et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Limimaricola Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Litorimicrobium Jin et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Litorisediminicola Yoon et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Litorisediminivivens Park et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Litorivita Hetharua et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lutimaribacter Yoon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Maliponia Jung et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mameliella Zheng et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mangrovicoccus Yu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Maribius Choi et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Marimonas Thongphrom et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinibacterium Li et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinovum Martens et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Maritimibacter Lee et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marivita Hwang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marivivens Park et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Meinhardsimonia Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Meridianimarinicoccus Ren et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Monaibacterium Chernikova et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nautella Vandecandelaere et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Neptunicoccus Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nereida Pujalte et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nioella Rajasabapathy et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Nitropelagi" Jeong and Lee 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Nitropelagius" corrig. Jeong and Lee 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Oceanibium Chang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanibulbus Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanicola Cho and Giovannoni 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceaniglobus Li et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Oceaniovalibus" Liu et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Octadecabacter Gosink et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pacificibacter Romanenko et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pacificitalea Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pacificoceanicola Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paenimaribius Park et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Palleronia Martínez-Checa et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paradonghicola Lee et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraphaeobacter Cai et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Parasedimentitalea Ding et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelagibaca Cho and Giovannoni 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pelagicola Kim et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pelagimonas Hahnke et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelagivirga Ji et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelagovum Ren et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phaeobacter Martens et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Phaeomarinomonas" Pohlner et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Phycobacter Coe et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycocomes Zhu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Planktomarina" Giebel et al. 2011	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Planktomarina Giebel et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planktotalea Hahnke et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibaca Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontivivens Park et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Poseidonocella Romanenko et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Primorskyibacter Romanenko et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Profundibacter Le Moine Bauer et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Profundibacterium" Lai 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Profundibacterium Lai et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudaestuariivita Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodonghicola Hameed et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudohalocynthiibacter Won et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudomaribius Park et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudooceanicola Lai et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudooctadecabacter Billerbeck et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudopelagicola Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pseudophaeobacter Breider et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoponticoccus Liang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pseudopontivivens" Park et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Pseudoprimorskyibacter Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudopuniceibacterium Zhang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pseudoroseicyclus Park et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoroseovarius Sun et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pseudoruegeria Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoseohaeicola Park et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudosulfitobacter Liang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychromarinibacter Qiao et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pukyongiella Kim et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Puniceibacterium Liu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodalgimonas corrig. Nedashkovskaya et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoalgimonas Nedashkovskaya et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Rhodophyticola Jung et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodosalinus Guo et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodovulum Hiraishi and Ueda 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseibacterium Suzuki et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseicyclus Rathgeber et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseisalinus Labrenz et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseivivax Suzuki et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseobacter Shiba 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseovarius Labrenz et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubellimicrobium Denner et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubricella Yang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sagittula Gonzalez et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinihabitans Yoon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinovum Qu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salipiger Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sedimentitalea Breider et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sediminimonas Wang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Seohaeicola Yoon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Shimia Choi and Cho 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Silicimonas Crenn et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sinisalibacter Wang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sulfitobacter Sorokin 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tateyamaria Kurahashi and Yokota 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassobacter Macián et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thalassobius Arahal et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Thalassococcus Lee et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassovita Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Thetidibacter Yoon 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiobacimonas Li et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thiosulfatihalobacter Wu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tranquillimonas Harwati et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tritonibacter Klotz et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Tropicibacter Harwati et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tropicimonas Harwati et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vadicella Romanenko et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Vannielia Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Wenxinia Ying et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xuhuaishuia Wang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Yangia Dai et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Yoonia Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Youngimonas Hameed et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.

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