Name: Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: My.co.bac.te.ri.a’les. N.L. neut. n. Mycobacterium, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Mycobacteriales, the Mycobacterium order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Janke A. Allgemeine technische Mikrobiologie. I. Teil. Die Mikroorganismen. T. Steinkopf, Dresden und Leipzig, 1924.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Corynebacteriales Goodfellow and Jones 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Mycobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Emendations:
  • Gupta 2019 Gupta RS. Commentary: Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:206. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 30. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1850-1851.

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this order to the class Arabobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Tindall (2019) assigned this order to the class Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Tindall BJ. On the status of the names Corynebacteriales Goodfellow and Jones 2015, Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) and Mycobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3310-3312.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Myasobacteriales"; "Mycnhacteriales"; "Mycobacmriales"; "Mymobacteriales".
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08124 (N = 4).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 857; JCM: 630; CIP: 415; ATCC: 390; CCUG: 371; NBRC: 234; NCTC: 134; NRRL: 123; IFO: 122; LMG: 122.

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: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dietziaceae Rainey et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gordoniaceae Rainey et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lawsonellaceae Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Segniliparaceae Butler et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurellaceae Rainey et al. 1997	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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Record number: 4995