Name: Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Verrucomicrobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Verrucomicrobiaceae, the Verrucomicrobium family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Verrucomicrobium Schlesner 1988

Effective publication: Ward-Rainey N, Rainey FA, Schlesner H, Stackebrandt E. Assignment of hitherto unidentified 16s rDNA species to a main line of descent within the domain Bacteria. Microbiology 1995; 141:3247-3250.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Yoon et al. 2008 Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Adachi K, Nozawa M, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Description of Persicirhabdus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ishigakijimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ponti sp. nov., Roseibacillus persicicus sp. nov., Luteolibacter pohnpeiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Luteolibacter algae sp. nov., six marine members of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', and emended descriptions of the class Verrucomicrobiae, the order Verrucomicrobiales and the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:998-1007. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 6 genera in the family.
  • Takeda et al. 2008 Takeda M, Yoneya A, Miyazaki Y, Kondo K, Makita H, Kondoh M, Suzuki I, Koizumi J. Prosthecobacter fluviatilis sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin btubA and btubB genes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1561-1565. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.

• Notes:
  • Yoon et al. (2008) assigned the genus Rubritalea Scheuermayer et al. 2006 to this family. Publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Adachi K, Nozawa M, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Description of Persicirhabdus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ishigakijimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ponti sp. nov., Roseibacillus persicicus sp. nov., Luteolibacter pohnpeiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Luteolibacter algae sp. nov., six marine members of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', and emended descriptions of the class Verrucomicrobiae, the order Verrucomicrobiales and the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:998-1007.
  • Yoon et al. (2008) assigned the genus Akkermansia Derrien et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Adachi K, Nozawa M, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Description of Persicirhabdus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ishigakijimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ponti sp. nov., Roseibacillus persicicus sp. nov., Luteolibacter pohnpeiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Luteolibacter algae sp. nov., six marine members of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', and emended descriptions of the class Verrucomicrobiae, the order Verrucomicrobiales and the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:998-1007.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Verrucosimicrobiaceae"; "Verruwmicrobiaceae".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Otsuka et al. (2013), Yoon et al. (2008). 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: 22; DSM: 11; NBRC: 7; ATCC: 5; MCCC: 5; JCM: 4; LMG: 3; CCUG: 2; CCM: 2; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Brevifollis Otsuka et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloferula Yoon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Luteolibacter Yoon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceaniferula Jin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Persicirhabdus Yoon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phragmitibacter Szuróczki et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prosthecobacter (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseibacillus Yoon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseimicrobium Otsuka et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sulfuriroseicoccus" Feng et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Verrucomicrobium Schlesner 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

Assigned by: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Adachi K, Nozawa M, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Description of Persicirhabdus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ishigakijimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ponti sp. nov., Roseibacillus persicicus sp. nov., Luteolibacter pohnpeiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Luteolibacter algae sp. nov., six marine members of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', and emended descriptions of the class Verrucomicrobiae, the order Verrucomicrobiales and the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:998-1007.

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