Name: Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Prévot AR. Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobies. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale 1933; 15:23-260.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vitreoscillaceae Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Simonsiellaceae Steed 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Rossau et al. 1989 Rossau R, Vandenbussche G, Thielemans S, Segers P, Grosch H, Göthe E, Mannheim W, De Ley J. Ribosomal ribonucleic acid cistron similarities and deoxyribonucleic acid homologies of Neisseria, Kingella, Eikenella, Simonsiella, Alysiella, and Centers for Disease Control groups EF-4 and M-5 in the emended family Neisseriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:185-198.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 4 genera in the family.
  • Dewhirst et al. 1989 Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Bright PL. Chromobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella, Neisseria, Simonsiella, and Vitreoscilla species comprise a major branch of the beta group Proteobacteria by 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence comparison: transfer of Eikenella and Simonsiella to the family Neisseriaceae (emend.). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:258-266.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family.
  • Adeolu and Gupta 2013 Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 19. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:8-10.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 10 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 7 genera from the family.
  • Chen et al. 2021 Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 35. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5164.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 11 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 17 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this family to the suborder Eubacteriineae Breed et al. 1944 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this family to the class Chromatibacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🧕 Prevot (1940) assigned this family to the order Micrococcales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Aquaspirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Formivibrio Tanaka et al. 1991 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Microvirgula Patureau et al. 1998 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Vogesella Grimes et al. 1997 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Catenococcus Sorokin 1994 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧒 Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧒 Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Iodobacter Logan 1989 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
  • 🧒 Pot et al. (1992) assigned the genus Prolinoborus Pot et al. 1992 to this family. Publication: Pot B, Willems A, Gillis M, De Ley J. Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Aquaspirillum: Prolinoborus, a new genus for Aquaspirillum fasciculus, with the species Prolinoborus fasciculus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:44-57.
  • 🧒 Prevot (1940) assigned the tribe "Neisserieae" to this family. — 🧒 Prevot (1940) assigned the tribe "Veillonelleae" to this family. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • 🧒 Xie and Yokota (2005) assigned the genus Conchiformibium Xie and Yokota 2005 to this family. Publication: Xie CH, Yokota A. Phylogenetic analysis of Alysiella and related genera of Neisseriaceae: proposal of Alysiella crassa comb. nov., Conchiformibium steedae gen. nov., comb. nov., Conchiformibium kuhniae sp. nov. and Bergeriella denitrificans gen. nov., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2005; 51:1-10.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Andreprevotia Weon et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Aquitalea Lau et al. 2006 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Chitinibacter Chern et al. 2004 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Chitinilyticum Chang et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Chitiniphilus Sato et al. 2009 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Deefgea Stackebrandt et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Gulbenkiania Vaz-Moreira et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Jeongeupia Yoon et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Laribacter Yuen et al. 2002 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Leeia Lim et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Paludibacterium Kwon et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Pseudogulbenkiania Lin et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Silvimonas Yang et al. 2005 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nekseriaceae"; "Nesisseriaceae"; "Netsseriaceae"; "Niesseriaceae".
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1976. Publication: K. Bovre SDH. Minimal Standards for Description of New Taxa Within the Genera Moraxella and Acinetobacter: Proposal by the Subcommittee on Moraxella and Allied Bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 1976; 26:92-96.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1976. Publication: Bovre K, Henriksen SD. Minimal Standards for Description of New Taxa Within the Genera Moraxella and Acinetobacter: Proposal by the Subcommittee on Moraxella and Allied Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:92-96.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 63; ATCC: 54; CCUG: 48; NCTC: 36; CIP: 34; LMG: 29; NBRC: 13; JCM: 13; KCTC: 10; CGMCC: 6.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 19
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 27

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alysiella Langeron 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amantichitinum Moß et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aquaphilus" Bourrain et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Aquella Chan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bergeriella Xie and Yokota 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Chitinolyticbacter" Hao et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Conchiformibium Xie and Yokota 2005	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Conchiformibius corrig. Xie and Yokota 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Craterilacuibacter Liu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Crenobacter Dong et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Eikenella Jackson and Goodman 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Haematopinicola" Nishide et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Herellea" De Bord 1942	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Morococcus Long et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    Paralysiella Busse et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Pellibacterium" Kashaf et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Populibacter" Li et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Rivicola Sheu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Rivihabitans Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Simonsiella Schmid 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Snodgrassella Kwong and Moran 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Stenoxybacter Wertz and Breznak 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Uruburuella Vela et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vitreoscilla Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Wielerella Kuhnert et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Neisseriales Tønjum 2006

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24.

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