Name: Usitatibacteraceae Vieira et al. 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: U.si.ta.ti.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Usitatibacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Usitatibacteraceae, the Usitatibacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: u-si-ta-ti-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Usitatibacter Vieira et al. 2021

Valid publication: Vieira S, Huber KJ, Neumann-Schaal M, Geppert A, Luckner M, Wanner G, Overmann J. Usitatibacter rugosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Usitatibacter palustris sp. nov., novel members of Usitatibacteraceae fam. nov. within the order Nitrosomonadales isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4631. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Vieira et al. (2021) assigned this family to the order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Vieira S, Huber KJ, Neumann-Schaal M, Geppert A, Luckner M, Wanner G, Overmann J. Usitatibacter rugosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Usitatibacter palustris sp. nov., novel members of Usitatibacteraceae fam. nov. within the order Nitrosomonadales isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4631. 🇩🇪
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 2; CECT: 2; DSM: 2.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Usitatibacter Vieira et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirillales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 11992