Name: Coraliomargaritaceae Min et al. 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Co.ra.li.o.mar.ga.ri.ta.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Coraliomargarita, a bacterial genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Coraliomargaritaceae, the Coraliomargarita family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Coraliomargarita Yoon et al. 2007

Effective publication: Min L, Wang W, Oren A, Lai Q, Huang Z. Coraliomargarita parva sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment and genome-based analysis of the class Opitutae revealed five novel families: Coraliomargaritaceae fam. nov., Pelagicoccaceae fam. nov., Cerasicoccaeae fam. nov., Oceanipulchritudinaceae fam. nov., and Alterococcaeae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1202141.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 214. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pelagicoccaceae Min et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Oceanipulchritudinaceae Min et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cerasicoccaceae Min et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Min et al. (2023) assigned the genus Coraliomargarita Yoon et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Min L, Wang W, Oren A, Lai Q, Huang Z. Coraliomargarita parva sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment and genome-based analysis of the class Opitutae revealed five novel families: Coraliomargaritaceae fam. nov., Pelagicoccaceae fam. nov., Cerasicoccaeae fam. nov., Oceanipulchritudinaceae fam. nov., and Alterococcaeae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1202141.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007. 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.
  • ❗ Coraliomargaritaceae 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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