Name: "Sphaerotilaceae" Liu et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Sphaerotilus Kützing 1833 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Chlamydobacteriaceae" Migula 1894. 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 name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Sphaemtilaceae".

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Record number: 29846