Name: Sphaerotilaceae Liu et al. 2023

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)

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

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively 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.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Chlamydobacteriaceae" Migula 1894. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Chlamydobacteriaceae" Migula 1894. Publication: Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sphaemtilaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Gomila et al. (2010), Chen et al. (2012). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 44; DSM: 39; NBRC: 32; KACC: 30; LMG: 28; JCM: 23; CCUG: 21; GDMCC: 18; TBRC: 18; ATCC: 18.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • 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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