Name: Abyssicoccaceae Bello et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: A.bys.si.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Abyssicoccus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Abyssicoccaceae, the Abyssicoccus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Abyssicoccus Jiang et al. 2016

Effective publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Salinicoccaceae" Bello et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Bello et al. (2023) assigned the genus Abyssicoccus Jiang et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010. Publication: Jiang Z, Yuan CG, Xiao M, Tian XP, Khan IU, Kim CJ, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Abyssicoccus albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Staphylococcaceae isolated from marine sediment of the Indian Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1153-1160.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010. Publication: Prakash O, Muduli S, Kumar R, Kumari C, Nimonkar Y, Shouche YS, Sharma R. Description of Auricoccus indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from skin of human ear. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1212-1218.
  • ❗ Abyssicoccaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

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Record number: 43503