Gemmatimonadaceae

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Family Gemmatimonadaceae

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Classification - List of genera included in the family - Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction".

Gemmatimonadaceae Zhang et al. 2003, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Gemmatimonas Zhang et al. 2003.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Gemmatimonas, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Gemmatimonadaceae, the Gemmatimonas family.
Reference: ZHANG (H.), SEKIGUCHI (Y.), HANADA (S.), HUGENHOLTZ (P.), KIM (H.), KAMAGATA (Y.) and NAKAMURA (K.): Gemmatimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative, aerobic, polyphosphate-accumulating micro-organism, the first cultured representative of the new bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes phyl. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1155-1163.
Original article in IJSEM Online