Etymology:N.L. neut. dim. n.Spirillum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff.-aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n.Spirillaceae, the Spirillum family
Effective publication:
Migula N. Ueber ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the suborder Pseudomonadineae Breed et al. 1957 (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.
Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family.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.
Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family.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.
Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family.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.
Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family.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.
Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus "Cellvibrio" to this family.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.
Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus "Myconostoc" to this family.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.
Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus "Paraspirillum" to this family.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.
Delaporte (1964) assigned the genus "Sporospirillum" Delaporte 1964 to this family.Publication:
Delaporte B. [COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LARGE SPORE-FORMING SPIRILLEAE: SPOROSPIRILLUM (SPIRILLUM) PRAECLARUM (COLLIN) N.G., SPOROSPIRILLUM GYRINI N. SP. AND SPOROSPIRILLUM BISPORUM N.SP]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1964; 107:246-262.
Winslow et al. (1920) assigned the genus Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family.Publication:
Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988.Publication:
Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Spfrillaceae"; "Spiriltaceae".
The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 23; DSM: 22; LMG: 20; NBRC: 20; IFO: 19; CIP: 14; JCM: 11; CCUG: 10; VKM: 9; NCIMB: 8.
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: 6
Assigned by:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order V. Nitrosomonadales ord. 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. 863.
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