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Name: Sphaerotilaceae Liu et al. 2023
Etymology: Sphae.ro.ti.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Sphaerotilus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Sphaerotilaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Sphaerotilus
Type genus: Sphaerotilus Kützing 1833 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication:
Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 22
Total number of child taxa: 22
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Amphibiibacter Costa et al. 2025 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Aquabacterium Kalmbach et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Aquariibacter Cui et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Aquincola Lechner et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Azohydromonas Xie and Yokota 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Caldimonas Takeda et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Calidifontimicrobium Ding et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Ideonella Malmqvist et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Inhella Song et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Kinneretia Gomila et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Leptothrix Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methylibium Nakatsu et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Pelomonas Xie and Yokota 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Piscinibacter Stackebrandt et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Pseudaquabacterium Lu and Chen 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Pseudorivibacter Zhou et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Rivibacter Stackebrandt et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Roseateles Suyama et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Rubrivivax Willems et al. 1991 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Scleromatobacter Mieszkin et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sphaerotilus Kützing 1833 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352.
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Record number: 36139