Veillonellaceae

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

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".

Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Veillonella, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Veillonellaceae, the Veillonella 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). [ROGOSA (M.): Transfer of Veillonella Prévot and Acidaminococcus Rogosa from Neisseriaceae to Veillonellaceae fam. nov. and the inclusion of Megasphaera Rogosa in Veillonellaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1971, 21, 231-233.]

---> Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Marchandin et al. 2010.
Type species: ¤ Veillonella Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Veillonella, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Veillonellaceae, the Veillonella family.
Reference: MARCHANDIN (H.), TEYSSIER (C.), CAMPOS (J.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), ROGER (F.), GAY (B.), CARLIER (J.P.) and JUMAS-BILAK (E.): Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1271-1279.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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