Name: Yersiniaceae Adeolu et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Yer.si.ni.a.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Yersinia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Yersiniaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Yersinia

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Yersinia van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Le Fleche-Mateos et al. (2017), Brady et al. (2022), Lee et al. (2021). 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: DSM: 68; LMG: 39; ATCC: 34; CCUG: 32; NCTC: 22; JCM: 22; NBRC: 11; KCTC: 6; CCM: 3; CGMCC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chania Ee et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chimaeribacter Rossi and Fisher 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ewingella Grimont et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Fukatsuia" Manzano-Marín et al. 2017	not validly published
    Rahnella Izard et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rouxiella Le Flèche-Matéos et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Samsonia Sutra et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Serratia Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Yersinia van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Enterobacterales Adeolu et al. 2016

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599.

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