Name: Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Se.le.no.mo.na.da’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Selenomonas, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Selenomonadaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Selenomonas

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: se-le-no-mo-na-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4294-4296.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Heng et al. 2025 Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0. 🇸🇬 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6976.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this family to the class "Selenomonadia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Heng et al. (2025) assigned the genus Anaerosinus Strömpl et al. 1999 to this family. Publication: Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0. 🇸🇬
  • 🧒 Heng et al. (2025) assigned the genus Quinella Krumholz et al. 1993 to this family. Publication: Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0. 🇸🇬
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (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.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class 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. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Acidaminococcaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 38; ATCC: 30; JCM: 19; CCUG: 8; CIP: 8; NCTC: 5; KCTC: 4; CECT: 3; LMG: 3; CSUR: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anaerovibrio Hungate 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ancyromonas" Kent 1881	not validly published	synonym
    Centipeda Lai et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Megamonas Shah and Collins 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mitsuokella Shah and Collins 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pectinatus Lee et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Propionispira Schink et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schwartzia van Gylswyk et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Selenobaculum Yeo et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    Zymophilus Schleifer et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010

Assigned by: Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215. 🇨🇦

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