Neisseriaceae

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

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".

Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Neisseria, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Neisseriaceae, the Neisseria family.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [PRÉVOT (A.R.): Etude de systématique bactérienne. I. Lois générales. II. Cocci anaérobies. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie et Biologie Animale, 1933, 15, 23-260.]

---> Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Rossau et al. 1989.
Type genus: ¤ Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Neisseria, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Neisseriaceae, the Neisseria family.
Reference: ROSSAU (R.), VANDENBUSSCHE (G.), THIELEMANS (S.), SEGERS (P.), GROSCH (H.), GÖTHE (E.), MANNHEIM (W.) and 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Dewhirst et al. 1989.
Type genus: ¤ Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Neisseria, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Neisseriaceae, the Neisseria family.
Reference: DEWHIRST (F.E.), PASTER (B.J.) and BRIGHT (P.L.): 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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