Name: Simkaniaceae Everett et al. 1999

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Sim.ka.ni.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Simkania, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Simkaniaceae, the Simkania family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Simkania Everett et al. 1999

Valid publication: Everett KD, Bush RM, Andersen AA. Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identification of organisms. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:415-440.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned this family to the order Parachlamydiales Gupta et al. 2016. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Chokshi C, Griffiths E, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic and molecular markers based analysis of the phylum Chlamydiae: proposal to divide the class Chlamydiia into two orders, Chlamydiales and Parachlamydiales ord. nov., and emended description of the class Chlamydiia. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:765-781.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Simakaniaceae"; "Simaniaceae"; "Simkuniuceue".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Borel N, Greub G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Chlamydiae, minutes of the closed meeting, 10 September 2020, via Zoom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4620.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Algichlamydia" Maire et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Amphrikana" Davison and Hurst 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Fritschea" Everett et al. 2005	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Fritschea" Thao et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Neptunichlamydia" corrig. Pizzetti et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Neptunochlamydia" Pizzetti et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Simkania Everett et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Syngnamydia" Fehr et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Chlamydiales Storz and Page 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Everett KD, Bush RM, Andersen AA. Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identification of organisms. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:415-440.

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