Name: Zoogloeaceae Boden et al. 2017

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Zo.o.gloe.a.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Zoogloea, type genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Zoogloeaceae, the Zoogloea family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Zoogloea Itzigsohn 1868 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Huang et al. 2021 Huang Z, Liu R, Chen F, Lai Q, Oren A, Shao Z. Nitrogeniibacter aestuarii sp. nov., a Novel Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Affiliated to the Family Zoogloeaceae and Phylogeny of the Family Zoogloeaceae Revisited. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:755908.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 5 genera in the family.
    • As of 2021-11-14 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • Huang et al. (2021) assigned the genus Niveibacterium Chun et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Huang Z, Liu R, Chen F, Lai Q, Oren A, Shao Z. Nitrogeniibacter aestuarii sp. nov., a Novel Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Affiliated to the Family Zoogloeaceae and Phylogeny of the Family Zoogloeaceae Revisited. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:755908.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Rhodocyclaceae". 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.
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07586 (N = 1).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 32; KCTC: 16; LMG: 16; ATCC: 15; JCM: 12; NBRC: 9; BCRC: 7; MCCC: 7; CCUG: 4; CGMCC: 4.

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: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aromatoleum Rabus et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Azoarcus Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cognatazoarcus Huang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nitrogeniibacter Liao et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parazoarcus Huang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudazoarcus Huang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudothauera Huang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thauera Macy et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Uliginosibacterium Weon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zoogloea Itzigsohn 1868 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodocyclales Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.

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