Family "Salinicoccaceae"

Name: "Salinicoccaceae" Bello et al. 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Sa.li.ni.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Salinicoccus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Salinicoccaceae, the Salinicoccus family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sa-li-ni-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Original publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973. 🇨🇦

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Abyssicoccaceae Bello et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Staphylococcaceae" Akatov et al. 1988	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010. Publication: Schleifer K-H, Bell JA. Family VIII. Staphylococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 392. 🇧🇪
- 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010. Publication: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Tindall BJ. When treated as heterotypic synonyms the names Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) and Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) have priority over the names Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980), respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2187-2195. 🇩🇪

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