Name: Temperatibacteraceae Teramoto and Nishijima 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Tem.pe.ra.ti.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Temperatibacter, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Temperatibacteraceae, the family of the genus Temperatibacter

Pronunciation, gender: tem-pe-ra-ti-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Temperatibacter Teramoto and Nishijima 2014

Valid publication: Teramoto M, Nishijima M. Temperatibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from surface seawater and description of Temperatibacteraceae fam. nov. in the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3075-3080. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kordiimonadaceae Xu et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 7; JCM: 5; MCCC: 4; DSM: 3; GDMCC: 3; LMG: 2; CGMCC: 2; KCCM: 2; KACC: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Eilatimonas Paramasivam et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gimibacter Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kordiimonas Kwon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudokordiimonas Li et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Temperatibacter Teramoto and Nishijima 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Yunchengibacter Guo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Kordiimonadales Kwon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Teramoto M, Nishijima M. Temperatibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from surface seawater and description of Temperatibacteraceae fam. nov. in the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3075-3080. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 1983