J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
List of families included in orders
See also the following files:
. Classification of prokaryotes (bacteria): Introduction
. Classification of orders
Note: A list of families unassigned to an order is provided à the end of the file (click here)
Acanthopleuribacterales
Acanthopleuribacteraceae
Acholeplasmatales
Acholeplasmataceae
Acidilobales
Acidilobaceae - Caldisphaeraceae
Acidimicrobiales
Acidimicrobiaceae - Iamiaceae
Acidithiobacillales
Acidithiobacillaceae - Thermithiobacillaceae
Acidobacteriales
Acidobacteriaceae
Actinomycetales
Acidothermaceae - Actinomycetaceae - Actinopolysporineae - Actinospicaceae - Actinosynnemataceae (later heterotypic synonym of ¤ Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989 emend. Labeda et al. 2011) - Beutenbergiaceae - Bogoriellaceae - Brevibacteriaceae - Catenulisporaceae - Cellulomonadaceae - Corynebacteriaceae - Cryptosporangiaceae - Demequinaceae - Dermabacteraceae - Dermacoccaceae - Dermatophilaceae - Dietziaceae - Frankiaceae - Geodermatophilaceae - Glycomycetaceae - Gordoniaceae - Intrasporangiaceae - Jiangellaceae - Jonesiaceae - Kineosporiaceae - Microbacteriaceae - Micrococcaceae - Micromonosporaceae - Mycobacteriaceae - Nakamurellaceae - Nocardiaceae - Nocardioidaceae - Nocardiopsaceae - Promicromonosporaceae - Propionibacteriaceae - Pseudonocardiaceae - Rarobacteraceae - Ruaniaceae - Sanguibacteraceae - Segniliparaceae - Sporichthyaceae - Streptomycetaceae - Streptosporangiaceae - Thermomonosporaceae - Tsukamurellaceae - Yaniellaceae [later heterotypic synonym of ¤ Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)]
Actinoplanales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Actinomycetales.
Aeromonadales
Aeromonadaceae - Succinivibrionaceae
Alteromonadales
Alteromonadaceae - Celerinatantimonadaceae - Colwelliaceae - Ferrimonadaceae - Idiomarinaceae - Moritellaceae - Pseudoalteromonadaceae - Psychromonadaceae - Shewanellaceae
Anaerolineales
Anaerolineaceae
Anaeroplasmatales
Anaeroplasmataceae
Aquificales
Aquificaceae - Desulfurobacteriaceae - Hydrogenothermaceae
Archaeoglobales
Archaeoglobaceae
Armatimonadales
Armatimonadaceae
Bacillales
Alicyclobacillaceae - Bacillaceae - Listeriaceae - Paenibacillaceae - Pasteuriaceae - Planococcaceae - Sporolactobacillaceae - Staphylococcaceae - Thermoactinomycetaceae
Bacteroidales
Bacteroidaceae - Marinilabiliaceae - Porphyromonadaceae - Prevotellaceae - Rikenellaceae
Bdellovibrionales
Bacteriovoracaceae - Bdellovibrionaceae - Peredibacteraceae (illegitimate)
Beggiatoales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Thiotrichales.
Bifidobacteriales
Bifidobacteriaceae
Burkholderiales
Alcaligenaceae - Burkholderiaceae - Comamonadaceae - Oxalobacteraceae - Sutterellaceae
Caldisericales
Caldisericaceae
Campylobacterales
Campylobacteraceae - Helicobacteraceae - "Hydrogenimonaceae"
Cardiobacteriales
Cardiobacteriaceae
Caryophanales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Bacillales.
Caulobacterales
Caulobacteraceae - Hyphomonadaceae
Cenarchaeales
"Cenarchaeaceae"
Chlamydiales
Chlamydiaceae - Parachlamydiaceae - Simkaniaceae - Waddliaceae
Chloroflexales
Chloroflexaceae - Oscillochloridaceae - Roseiflexaceae
Chromatiales
Chromatiaceae - Ectothiorhodospiraceae - Granulosicoccaceae - Halothiobacillaceae - Thioalkalispiraceae
Chroococcales
"Chamaesiphonaceae" - "Chroococcaceae" - "Dermocarpellaceae" - "Entophysalidaceae" - "Gloeobacteraceae" - "Hydrococcaceae" - "Hyellaceae" - "Merismopediaceae" - "Microcystaceae" - "Synechococcaceae" - "Xenococcaceae"
Chrysiogenales
Chrysiogenaceae
Chthonomonadales
Chthonomonadaceae
Clostridiales
Caldicoprobacteraceae - Christensenellaceae - Clostridiaceae - Defluviitaleaceae - Eubacteriaceae - Gracilibacteraceae - Heliobacteriaceae - Lachnospiraceae - Peptococcaceae - Peptostreptococcaceae - Ruminococcaceae - Syntrophomonadaceae
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriaceae
Cytophagales
Catalimonadaceae - Cyclobacteriaceae - Cytophagaceae - Flammeovirgaceae - Mooreiaceae - Rhodothermaceae
Deferribacterales
Deferribacteraceae
Dehalococcoidales
Dehalococcoidaceae
Deinococcales
Deinococcaceae - Trueperaceae
Desulfarculales
Desulfarculaceae
Desulfobacterales
Desulfobacteraceae - Desulfobulbaceae - Nitrospinaceae
Desulfovibrionales
Desulfohalobiaceae - Desulfomicrobiaceae - Desulfonatronaceae - Desulfovibrionaceae
Desulfurellales
Desulfurellaceae
Desulfurococcales
Desulfurococcaceae - Pyrodictiaceae
Desulfuromonadales
Desulfuromonadaceae - Geobacteraceae
Dictyoglomales
Dictyoglomaceae
Elusimicrobiales
Elusimicrobiaceae
"Enterobacteriales"
Enterobacteriaceae
Entomoplasmatales
Entomoplasmataceae - Spiroplasmataceae
Erysipelotrichales
Erysipelotrichaceae
Eubacteriales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Clostridiales.
Fervidicoccales
Fervidicoccaceae
Fibrobacterales
Fibrobacteraceae
Fimbriimonadales
Fimbriimonadaceae
Flavobacteriales
Blattabacteriaceae - Cryomorphaceae - Flavobacteriaceae - Schleiferiaceae
Fusobacteriales
Fusobacteriaceae - Leptotrichiaceae
Gemmatimonadales
Gemmatimonadaceae
Geovibriales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Deferribacterales.
Gloeobacterales
No family included in this order
Halanaerobiales
Halanaerobiaceae - Halobacteroidaceae
Halobacteriales
Halobacteriaceae
Haloplasmatales
Haloplasmataceae
Herpetosiphonales
Herpetosiphonaceae
Hydrogenophilales
Hydrogenophilaceae
Hyphomicrobiales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Rhizobiales.
Ignavibacteriales
Ignavibacteriaceae
Kordiimonadales
"Kordiimonadaceae"
Ktedonobacterales
Ktedonobacteraceae - Thermosporotrichaceae
Lactobacillales
Aerococcaceae - Carnobacteriaceae - Enterococcaceae - Lactobacillaceae - Leuconostocaceae - Streptococcaceae
Legionellales
Coxiellaceae - Legionellaceae
Lentisphaerales
Lentisphaeraceae
Lysobacterales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Xanthomonadales.
Magnetococcales
Magnetococcaceae
"Mariprofundales"
"Mariprofundaceae"
Methanobacteriales
Methanobacteriaceae - Methanothermaceae
Methanocellales
Methanocellaceae
Methanococcales
Methanocaldococcaceae - Methanococcaceae
Methanomicrobiales
Methanocorpusculaceae - Methanomicrobiaceae - Methanoregulaceae - Methanospirillaceae
Methanopyrales
Methanopyraceae
Methanosarcinales
Methanosaetaceae - Methanosarcinaceae- Methermicoccaceae
Methylococcales
Crenotrichaceae - Methylococcaceae
Methylophilales
Methylophilaceae
Micrococcales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Actinomycetales.
Mycobacteriales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Actinomycetales.
Mycoplasmatales
Mycoplasmataceae
Myxococcales
Cystobacteraceae - "Haliangiaceae" - Kofleriaceae - Myxococcaceae - Nannocystaceae - Phaselicystidaceae - Polyangiaceae - Sandaracinaceae
Natranaerobiales
Natranaerobiaceae
Nitriliruptorales
Nitriliruptoraceae
Nitrosomonadales
Gallionellaceae - Nitrosomonadaceae - Spirillaceae
"Nitrospirales"
"Nitrospiraceae"
Nostocales
"Microchaetaceae" - "Nostocaceae" - "Rivulariaceae" - "Scytonemataceae"
Oceanospirillales
Alcanivoracaceae - Hahellaceae - Halomonadaceae - Litoricolaceae - Oceanospirillaceae - Oleiphilaceae - "Saccharospirillaceae"
Oligosphaerales
Oligosphaeraceae
Oscillatoriales
"Boriziaceae" - "Gomontiellaceae" - "Oscillatoriaceae" - "Phormidiaceae" - "Pseudanabaenaceae" - "Schizotrichaceae"
"Parvularculales"
"Parvularculaceae"
Pasteurellales
Pasteurellaceae
Phycisphaerales
Phycisphaeraceae
Picrophilales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Thermoplasmatales.
Planctomycetales
Planctomycetaceae
Pleurocapsales
No family included in this order
"Procabacteriales"
"Procabacteriaceae"
Prochlorales
Prochloraceae - "Prochlorococcaceae" - Prochlorotrichaceae
Pseudomonadales
Moraxellaceae - Pseudomonadaceae
Puniceicoccales
Puniceicoccaceae
Rhizobiales
"Aurantimonadaceae" - Bartonellaceae - Beijerinckiaceae - Bradyrhizobiaceae - Brucellaceae - Cohaesibacteraceae - Hyphomicrobiaceae - Methylobacteriaceae - Methylocystaceae - Phyllobacteriaceae - Rhizobiaceae - Rhodobiaceae - Xanthobacteraceae
Rhodobacterales
Rhodobacteraceae
Rhodospirillales
Acetobacteraceae - Rhodospirillaceae
Rickettsiales
Anaplasmataceae - Holosporaceae - Rickettsiaceae
Rubrobacterales
Rubrobacteraceae
"Salinisphaerales"
"Salinisphaeraceae"
Selenomonadales
Acidaminococcaceae - Veillonellaceae
Sneathiellales
Sneathiellaceae
Solirubrobacterales
Conexibacteraceae - Patulibacteraceae - Solirubrobacteraceae
Sphaerobacterales
Sphaerobacteraceae
Sphingobacteriales
Chitinophagaceae - Saprospiraceae - Sphingobacteriaceae
Sphingomonadales
Erythrobacteraceae - Sphingomonadaceae
Spirillales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Nitrosomonadales.
Spirochaetales
Brachyspiraceae - Brevinemataceae - Leptospiraceae - Spirochaetaceae
Stigonematales
"Caposiraceae" - "Fischerellaceae" - "Loriellaceae" - "Mastigocladaceae" - "Nostochopsidaceae" - "Stigonemataceae"
Streptomycetales
Order not widely accepted by the community of microbiologists. The type genus of the order is classified in the order Actinomycetales.
Syntrophobacterales
Syntrophaceae - Syntrophobacteraceae
Thermoanaerobacterales
Thermoanaerobacteraceae - Thermodesulfobiaceae
Thermococcales
Thermococcaceae
Thermodesulfobacteriales
Thermodesulfobacteriaceae
Thermogemmatisporales
Thermogemmatisporaceae
Thermoleophilales
Thermoleophilaceae
Thermolithobacterales
Thermolithobacteraceae
Thermomicrobiales
Thermomicrobiaceae
Thermoplasmatales
Ferroplasmaceae - Picrophilaceae - Thermoplasmataceae
Thermoproteales
Thermofilaceae - Thermoproteaceae
Thiotrichales
Francisellaceae - Piscirickettsiaceae - Thiotrichaceae
Verrucomicrobiales
Akkermansiaceae - Rubritaleaceae - Verrucomicrobiaceae
"Vibrionales"
Vibrionaceae
Xanthomonadales
Algiphilaceae - Nevskiaceae - Sinobacteraceae - Solimonadaceae - Xanthomonadaceae
Families unassigned to a named order
Syntrophorhabdaceae
See also the following files:
. Classification of prokaryotes (bacteria): Introduction
. Classification of orders
Copyright © J.P. Euzéby
The information on this page may not be reproduced, republished or mirrored on another webpage or website.
See, Legal rights and disclaimers