Name: Wenzhouxiangellaceae Wang et al. 2015

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Wen.zhou.xi.ang.el.la’ce.ae. N.L. fem. dim. n. Wenzhouxiangella, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Wenzhouxiangellaceae, the family of the genus Wenzhouxiangella

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wen-z͡hou-xi-an͡g-el-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Wenzhouxiangella Wang et al. 2015

Effective publication: Wang G, Tang M, Li T, Dai S, Wu H, Chen C, He H, Fan J, Xiang W, Li X. Wenzhouxiangella marina gen. nov, sp. nov, a marine bacterium from the culture broth of Picochlorum sp. 122, and proposal of Wenzhouxiangellaceae fam. nov. in the order Chromatiales. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1625-1632. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 165. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2777-2783.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zhang et al. (2024). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02501 (N = 9).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 8; MCCC: 6; GDMCC: 2; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Elongatibacter Zhang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Halotectona" Xu et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Marinihelvus Zhang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Wenzhouxiangella Wang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

Assigned by: Wang G, Tang M, Li T, Dai S, Wu H, Chen C, He H, Fan J, Xiang W, Li X. Wenzhouxiangella marina gen. nov, sp. nov, a marine bacterium from the culture broth of Picochlorum sp. 122, and proposal of Wenzhouxiangellaceae fam. nov. in the order Chromatiales. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1625-1632. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 2013