In a recent publication the name
Solimonadaceae
Losey et al. 2013 has been proposed as a replacement name for the family name
Sinobacteraceae
Zhou et al. 2008. This course of action contravenes the current Code governing the nomenclature of prokaryotes, making
Solimonadaceae
Losey et al. 2013 an illegitimate name that neither has claim to priority nor can be used as a correct name. Closer examination of publications dealing with the taxonomy of members of the genera
Solimonas
and
Sinobacter
and the placement of these taxa at the rank of family and order reveal problems associated with the application of the family names
Sinobacteraceae
Zhou et al. 2008,
Nevskiaceae
Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980) and
Lysobacteraceae
Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) and the order names
Lysobacterales
Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) and
Xanthomonadales
Saddler and Bradbury 2005.