Caryophanaceae
Sign in to saveThe Caryophanaceae is a family of Gram-positive bacteria. In 2020, the now defunct family Planococcaceae was merged into Caryophanaceae to rectify a nomenclature anomaly. The type genus of this family is Caryophanon.
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caryophanales
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- taxon name
- Caryophanaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- Gram staining
- gram-positive bacteria
- replaced synonym (for nom. nov.)
- Planococcaceae
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The Caryophanaceae is a family of Gram-positive bacteria. In 2020, the now defunct family Planococcaceae was merged into Caryophanaceae to rectify a nomenclature anomaly. The type genus of this family is Caryophanon.
The family Planococcacae was validly published in 1949, however it contained within it another family level taxonomic rank, the family Caryophanaceae, which was validly published in 1939. According to the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP), the name Caryophanacaeae has higher priority than Planococcaceae because of its earlier publication. Therefore, the emended family retained the name Caryophanaceae.
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