Nitrococcaceae

Citation

Formal styling

Nitrococcaceae Chuvochina et al., 2023

Effective publication

Chuvochina et al., 2023

SeqCode status

Valid (ICNP)

Canonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:41917

Nomenclature

Rank

Family

Inferred stem

Nitrococc-

Syllabication

Ni.tro.coc.ca.ce'ae

Etymology

N.L. masc. n. Nitrococcus, referring to the type genus Nitrococcus; -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitrococcaceae, the Nitrococcus family

Nomenclatural type

Nitrococcus (alternatively placed in Ectothiorhodospiraceae)

Taxonomy

Description

The family constitutes a monophyletic lineage as described and defined in Parks et al., 2018.

Classification

Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Gammaproteobacteria » Nitrococcales » Nitrococcaceae

Parent

Nitrococcales ncbigtdb

Children (1)

• Sediminicurvatus gtdb

Alternatively placed children (3)

• Spiribacter gtdb (preferred placement in Ectothiorhodospiraceae)
• Arhodomonas gtdb (preferred placement in Ectothiorhodospiraceae)
• Nitrococcus gtdb (preferred placement in Ectothiorhodospiraceae)

Taxonomic status

The type genus of this family has been placed in a different taxon. If that placement is considered correct, this name is a synonym of Ectothiorhodospiraceae.

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• NCBI Taxonomy: 3120725
• GTDB Tree: f__Nitrococcaceae
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Wikispecies: Nitrococcaceae

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide
• NCBI Genomes table

Local history

• This name was last modified 3 months ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered

Almost 2 years ago by Excubia bot

Curators

• Rodriguez-R, Luis M

Reported valid

6 months ago by Rodriguez-R, Luis M