Name: Frankiales Sen et al. 2014

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Frank.i.a’les. N.L. masc. n. Frank, a German botanist (1839-1900) who studied root symbioses; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Frankiales, the Frankia order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P. Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3821-3832.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Motilibacterales" Feng et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Motilibacterales Salam et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nouioui et al. (2018) assigned this order to the class Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • Salam et al. (2020) assigned this order to the class Actinomycetia Salam et al. 2020. Publication: 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.
  • Sen et al. (2014) assigned the family Sporichthyaceae Rainey et al. 1997 to this order. Publication: Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P. Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3821-3832.
  • Sen et al. (2014) assigned the family Cryptosporangiaceae Zhi et al. 2009 to this order. Publication: Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P. Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3821-3832.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Frankales".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 15; CECT: 12; CGMCC: 3; KCTC: 2; NRRL: 2; JCM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Frankiaceae Becking 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Motilibacteraceae Lee 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vallicoccaceae Feng et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinomycetes Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 122. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5481.

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