Family Spongiibacteraceae

Name: Spongiibacteraceae Spring et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Spon.gi.i.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Spongiibacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Spongiibacteraceae, the Spongiibacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spon-gi-i-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Spongiibacter Graeber et al. 2008

Effective publication: Spring S, Scheuner C, Goker M, Klenk HP. A taxonomic framework for emerging groups of ecologically important marine gammaproteobacteria based on the reconstruction of evolutionary relationships using genome-scale data. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:281. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dasaniaceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sinobacteriaceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this family to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧕 Liao et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liao H, Lin X, Li Y, Qu M, Tian Y. Reclassification of the Taxonomic Framework of Orders Cellvibrionales, Oceanospirillales, Pseudomonadales, and Alteromonadales in Class Gammaproteobacteria through Phylogenomic Tree Analysis. mSystems 2020; 5:e00543-20. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spongibacteriaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 9; DSM: 9; KCCM: 6; JCM: 6; NBRC: 5; KACC: 4; MCCC: 4; CIP: 3; CCTCC: 3; MOLA: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dasania Lee et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marortus Yu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Melitea Urios et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Neomelitea Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Oceanicoccus" Park et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    Sinobacterium Su et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Spongiibacter Graeber et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zhongshania Li et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Cellvibrionales Spring et al. 2015

Assigned by: Spring S, Scheuner C, Goker M, Klenk HP. A taxonomic framework for emerging groups of ecologically important marine gammaproteobacteria based on the reconstruction of evolutionary relationships using genome-scale data. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:281. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 2009