Name: Alteromonadales Bowman and McMeekin 2005

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Al.te.ro.mo.na.da’les. N.L. fem. n. Alteromonas, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Alteromonadales, the Alteromonas order

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-te-ro-mo-na-DA-les, feminine

Type genus: Alteromonas Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Bowman JP, McMeekin TA. Order X. Alteromonadales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 443. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Alteromonas Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order. Publication: Bowman JP, McMeekin TA. Order X. Alteromonadales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 443. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Ling et al. (2017) assigned the genus Neiella Du et al. 2013 to this order. Publication: Ling SK, Guo LY, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Motilimonas eburnea gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:306-310. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned the family "Colwellaceae" to this order. Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🧒 Sun et al. (2023) assigned the family "Echinimonadaceae" Sun et al. 2023 to this order. Publication: Sun JR, Mo KL, Li X, Hu YH, Liu ZY, Huang HQ. Neiella litorisoli sp. nov., an alginate lyase: producing bacterium from South China Sea, and proposal of Echinimonadaceae fam. nov. in the order Alteromonadales. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:227. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Pseudoteredinibacter Chen et al. 2011 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Teredinibacter Distel et al. 2002 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Eionea Urios et al. 2011 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Gilvimarinus Du et al. 2009 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Maricurvus Iwaki et al. 2012 to this order. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Alteromonales".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02195 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 239; JCM: 224; DSM: 217; LMG: 138; MCCC: 101; ATCC: 99; CIP: 98; NBRC: 77; CGMCC: 75; NCIMB: 51.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Aegicerorhabdaceae" Li et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Alteromonadaceae Ivanova and Mikhailov 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Alteromonadales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Celerinatantimonadaceae Cramer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwelliaceae Ivanova et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferrimonadaceae Ivanova et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Idiomarinaceae Ivanova et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinobacteraceae Liao et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Moritellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoalteromonadaceae Ivanova et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychromonadaceae Ivanova et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Shewanellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Bowman JP, McMeekin TA. Order X. Alteromonadales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 443. 🇺🇸

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