Name: Saccharospirillaceae Kevbrin et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Sac.cha.ro.spi.ril.la’ce.ae. N.L. neut. dim. n. Saccharospirillum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Saccharospirillaceae, the family of the genus Saccharospirillum

Pronunciation, gender: sak-k^ha-ro-spi-ril-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003

Valid publication: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Park M, Cho JC. Natronospirillum operosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic satellite isolated from decaying biomass of a laboratory culture of cyanobacterium Geitlerinema sp. and proposal of Natronospirillaceae fam. nov., Saccharospirillaceae fam. nov. and Gynuellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:511-521.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Saccharospirillaceae" Garrity et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kevbrin et al. (2020) assigned this family to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Park M, Cho JC. Natronospirillum operosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic satellite isolated from decaying biomass of a laboratory culture of cyanobacterium Geitlerinema sp. and proposal of Natronospirillaceae fam. nov., Saccharospirillaceae fam. nov. and Gynuellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:511-521.
  • 🧕 Liao et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liao H, Lin X, Li Y, Qu M, Tian Y. Reclassification of the Taxonomic Framework of Orders Cellvibrionales, Oceanospirillales, Pseudomonadales, and Alteromonadales in Class Gammaproteobacteria through Phylogenomic Tree Analysis. mSystems 2020; 5:e00543-20.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Natronospirillaceae Kevbrin et al. 2020. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02222 (N = 14).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 6; DSM: 4; CECT: 4; NBRC: 3; MCCC: 2; KCCM: 2; CCTCC: 2; KACC: 2; LMG: 1; KMM: 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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Reinekea Romanenko et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinibius Ling et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Park M, Cho JC. Natronospirillum operosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic satellite isolated from decaying biomass of a laboratory culture of cyanobacterium Geitlerinema sp. and proposal of Natronospirillaceae fam. nov., Saccharospirillaceae fam. nov. and Gynuellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:511-521.

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