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Suborder Holosporineae
Name: Holosporineae (Szokoli et al. 2020) Castelli and Petroni 2025
Etymology: Ho.lo.spo.ri’ne.ae. N.L. fem. n. Holospora, type genus of the suborder; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ineae, ending to denote a suborder; N.L. fem. pl. n. Holosporineae, the suborder of the genus Holospora
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ho-lo-spo-RI-ne-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Holospora (ex Hafkine 1890) Gromov and Ossipov 1981
Effective publication:
Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Castelli and Petroni (2025) assigned this suborder to the order Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 🇮🇹
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🧒 Castelli and Petroni (2025) assigned the family "Caedimonadaceae" Schrallhammer et al. 2018 to this suborder.
Publication:
Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 🇮🇹
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🧒 Castelli and Petroni (2025) assigned the family "Candidatus Paracaedibacteraceae" Hess et al. 2016 to this suborder.
Publication:
Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 🇮🇹
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🧒 Castelli and Petroni (2025) assigned the family Holosporaceae Görtz and Schmidt 2006 to this suborder.
Publication:
Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 🇮🇹
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🧒 Castelli and Petroni (2025) assigned the genus Holospora (ex Hafkine 1890) Gromov and Ossipov 1981 to this suborder.
Publication:
Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 🇮🇹
- 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
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🧕 Castelli and Petroni (2025) assigned this suborder to the order Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15.
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Record number: 62824
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