Rhodobacteraceae

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

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".

Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Rhodobacter, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rhodobacteraceae, the Rhodobacter family.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 107. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1-6. [GARRITY (G.M.), BELL (J.A.) and LILBURN (T.): Family I. Rhodobacteraceae fam. nov. In: D.J. BRENNER, N.R. KRIEG, J.T. STALEY and G. M. GARRITY (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 161.]
Validation List N° 107 in IJSEM Online

Note: According to Rule 51b (1), the family name Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006 is illegitimate because the family contains the genus Hyphomonas (ex Pongratz 1957) Moore et al. 1984 which is the type of the family Hyphomonadaceae Lee et al. 2005.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation list n° 107 (footnote ##). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1-6.
Validation List N° 107 in IJSEM Online