Name: Granulosicoccaceae Lee et al. 2008

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Granulosicoccus Lee et al. 2008

Effective publication: Lee K, Lee HK, Choi TH, Kim KM, Cho JC. Granulosicoccaceae fam. nov., to include Granulosicoccus antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-phototrophic, obligately aerobic chemoheterotroph in the order Chromatiales, isolated from Antarctic seawater. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 17:1483-1490.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 119. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Granulosicoccales 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 4; DSM: 3; CIP: 1; KCTC: 1; KCCM: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Granulosicoccus Lee et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfuriflexus Kojima and Fukui 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

Assigned by: Lee K, Lee HK, Choi TH, Kim KM, Cho JC. Granulosicoccaceae fam. nov., to include Granulosicoccus antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-phototrophic, obligately aerobic chemoheterotroph in the order Chromatiales, isolated from Antarctic seawater. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 17:1483-1490.

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Record number: 1862