Name: Williamwhitmaniaceae Pikuta et al. 2017

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Wil.li.am.whit.man.i.a.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Williamwhitmania, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Williamwhitmaniaceae, the Williamwhitmania family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Williamwhitmania Pikuta et al. 2017

Valid publication: Pikuta EV, Lyu Z, Hoover RB, Liu Y, Patel NB, Busse HJ, Lawson PA. Williamwhitmania taraxaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a proteolytic anaerobe with a novel type of cytology from Lake Untersee in Antarctica, description of Williamwhitmaniaceae fam. nov., and emendation of the order Bacteroidales Krieg 2012. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4132-4145.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 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 1 genus in the family.

• Notes:
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetobacteroides Su et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamwhitmania Pikuta et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacteroidales Krieg 2012

Assigned by: Pikuta EV, Lyu Z, Hoover RB, Liu Y, Patel NB, Busse HJ, Lawson PA. Williamwhitmania taraxaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a proteolytic anaerobe with a novel type of cytology from Lake Untersee in Antarctica, description of Williamwhitmaniaceae fam. nov., and emendation of the order Bacteroidales Krieg 2012. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4132-4145.

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Record number: 2096