Name: Enterobacterales Adeolu et al. 2016

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: En.te.ro.bac.te.ra’les. N.L. masc. n. Enterobacter, the type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Enterobacterales, the order whose nomenclatural type is the genus Enterobacter

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Enterobacteriales" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the subkingdom "Neonegibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Adeolu et al. (2016) assigned the genus Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order. 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.
  • 🧒 Adeolu et al. (2016) assigned the genus Plesiomonas corrig. Habs and Schubert 1962 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order. 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.
  • 🧒 Li et al. (2021) assigned the family "Bruguierivoracaceae" Li et al. 2021 to this order. Publication: Li M, Liu K, Liu Y, Gao C, Yi X. Bruguierivorax albus gen. nov. sp. nov. Isolated from Mangrove Sediment and Proposal of Bruguierivoracaceae fam. nov. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:856-866.
  • 🧒 Wylensek et al. (2020) assigned the genus Hallerella Wylensek et al. 2021 to this order. Publication: Wylensek D, Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Afrizal A, Kumar N, Wortmann E, Liu T, Devendran S, Lesker TR, Hernandez SB, et al. A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6389.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Enterobacteres".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03352 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 457; CIP: 279; ATCC: 259; CCUG: 199; JCM: 163; NCTC: 123; NCPPB: 89; CFBP: 83; NBRC: 69; ICMP: 57.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Bruguierivoracaceae" Li et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Budviciaceae Adeolu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterobacteraceae (ex Lapage 1979) Lapage 1982	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    [Enterobacterales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Enterobacteriaceae (ex Rahn 1937) Ewing et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    Erwiniaceae Adeolu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Escherichiaceae Goodfellow and Trüper 1982	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Gallaecimonadaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hafniaceae Adeolu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Morganellaceae Adeolu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pectobacteriaceae Adeolu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Yersiniaceae Adeolu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005

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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