Name: Borreliaceae Gupta et al. 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Borrelia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Borreliaceae, the Borrelia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. Erratum: A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the Phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:322.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:693-696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Borreliales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Robinson GH. Family II. Treponemataceae Schaudinn. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1948, p. 1051-1058.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 36; ATCC: 28; CIP: 18; JCM: 13.
  • 🧍 See also Gupta et al. (2013). Publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:217.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Borreliella Adeolu and Gupta 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Cristispira Gross 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Spirochaete]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information

Parent taxon: Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:217.

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