Name: Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ya’ni.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Yania, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Yaniaceae, the Yania family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Yania Li et al. 2004

Valid publication: Li WJ, Schumann P, Zhang YQ, Xu P, Chen GZ, Xu LH, Stackebrandt E, Jiang CL. Proposal of Yaniaceae fam. nov. and Yania flava sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Yania. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1933-1938.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Li et al. (2005) assigned the genus Yania Li et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Li WJ, Schumann P, Zhang YQ, Xu P, Chen GZ, Xu LH, Stackebrandt E, Jiang CL. Proposal of Yaniaceae fam. nov. and Yania flava sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Yania. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1933-1938.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Klenk HP, Schumann P. Auritidibacter ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., of the family Micrococcaceae isolated from an ear swab of a man with otitis externa, transfer of the members of the family Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008 to the family Micrococcaceae and emended description of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:223-230.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008. Publication: Li WJ, Zhi XY, Euzeby JP. Proposal of Yaniellaceae fam. nov., Yaniella gen. nov. and Sinobaca gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005, Yania Li et al. 2004, emend Li et al. 2005, and Sinococcus Li et al. 2006, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:525-527.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008. Publication: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zhi et al. (2009). 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 name Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005 is illegitimate because the type genus Yania Li et al. 2004 is illegitimate (see Yania). Consequently, a new family designation Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008 has been proposed by Li et al. 2008. Publication: Li WJ, Zhi XY, Euzeby JP. Proposal of Yaniellaceae fam. nov., Yaniella gen. nov. and Sinobaca gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005, Yania Li et al. 2004, emend Li et al. 2005, and Sinococcus Li et al. 2006, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:525-527.

Parent taxon: Micrococcales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355.

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