Name: Mzabimycetaceae Saker et al. 2015

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: M.za.bi.my.ce.tace’ae. N.L. masc. n. Mzabimyces, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Mzabimycetaceae, to denote a family the Mzabimyces family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Mzabimyces Saker et al. 2015

Effective publication: Saker R, Bouras N, Zitouni A, Ghoul M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP. Mzabimyces algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil, and proposal of Mzabimycetaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:1021-1030.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinopolysporaceae Zhi et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Saker et al. (2014) assigned the genus Mzabimyces Saker et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Saker R, Bouras N, Zitouni A, Ghoul M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP. Mzabimyces algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil, and proposal of Mzabimycetaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:1021-1030.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • ❗ Mzabimycetaceae 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: 2015