Name: Deinococcaceae Brooks and Murray 1981

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981

Valid publication: Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Rainey et al. 1997 Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, da Costa MS. Phylogenetic diversity of the deinococci as determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:510-514. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Deinoccaceae"; "Deinococcacae"; "Deinococcaceue"; "Deinococcuceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 56; JCM: 37; KCTC: 35; NBRC: 27; NRRL: 18; LMG: 17; CGMCC: 13; ATCC: 7; CCUG: 7; IFO: 5.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Deinobacter Oyaizu et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Deinobacterium Ekman et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Deinococcales Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, da Costa MS. Phylogenetic diversity of the deinococci as determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:510-514.

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Record number: 381