Name: Saprospiraceae Krieg et al. 2012

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Saprospira, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Saprospiraceae, the Saprospira family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Saprospira Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB. Family III. Saprospiraceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 358.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 143. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 2 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • Munoz et al. (2016) assigned this family to the order Chitinophagales Munoz et al. 2017. Publication: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Corrigendum to "Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov." [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39 (5) (2016) 281-296]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:491-492.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bernardet JF, Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 7 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2752-2754.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Bernardet JF, Frandsen Lau E. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6017-6020.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 5; CGMCC: 2; NBRC: 1; ATCC: 1; LMG: 1.
  • In Validation List No. 143, the year of publication of Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4 was erroneously cited as 2010. The correct year of publication should be 2011. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2012; 62:1016.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Aquirestis" Hahn and Schauer 2007	not validly published
    Aureispira Hosoya et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Brachybacter]	artificial parent node of Candidatus species that lack a genus description
    [Defluviibacterium]	artificial parent node of Candidatus species that lack a genus description
    "Candidatus Epiflobacter" Xia et al. 2008	inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Epifloribacter" corrig. Xia et al. 2008	not validly published
    Membranicola Li et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Membranihabitans Deshmukh and Oren 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Opimibacter" Kondrotaite et al. 2022	not validly published
    [Parvibacillus]	artificial parent node of Candidatus species that lack a genus description
    "Rubidimonas" Yoon et al. 2012	not validly published
    Saprospira Gross 1911 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Vicinibacter" Kondrotaite et al. 2022	not validly published

Parent taxon: Saprospirales Hahnke et al. 2017

Assigned by: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

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