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Family Ruaniaceae
Name: Ruaniaceae Tang et al. 2010
Etymology: Ru.a.ni.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Ruania, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Ruaniaceae, the Ruania family
Type genus: Ruania Gu et al. 2007
Valid publication:
Tang SK, Zhi XY, Wang Y, Wu JY, Lee JC, Kim CJ, Lou K, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinobacterium album gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic actinobacterium, and proposal of Ruaniaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2113-2119. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Salam et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Ruaniales Salam et al. 2020.
Publication:
Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 11; JCM: 7; KCTC: 6; DSM: 6; NBRC: 2; CIP: 1.
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🧕 Salam et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Ruaniales Salam et al. 2020.
Publication:
Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Haloactinobacterium Tang et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP synonym Occultella Schumann et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Ruania Gu et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Micrococcales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
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Record number: 1888
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