Name: Rubricoccaceae Munoz et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ru.bri.coc.ca.ce’ae. N.L. masc. n. Rubricoccus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rubricoccaceae, the family of the genus Rubricoccus

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Rubricoccus Park et al. 2011

Effective publication: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Rhodothermaceae Ludwig et al. 2012. 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 was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Bernardet JF, Frandsen Lau E. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6017-6020.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Park et al. (2013). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 3; KCTC: 2.

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
    Rubricoccus Park et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrivirga Park et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodothermales Munoz et al. 2017

Assigned by: Park MJ, Oh JH, Yang SH, Kwon KK. Roseithermus sacchariphilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and proposal of Salisaetaceae fam. nov., representing new family in the order Rhodothermales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1213-1219.

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