Table 1Suffixes for Categories

RankSuffixExample
Order -ales Pseudomonadales
Suborder -ineae Pseudomonadineae
Family -aceae Pseudomonadaceae
Subfamily -oideae Pseudomonadoideae
Tribe -eae Pseudomonadeae
Subtribe -inae Pseudomonadinae

From: Chapter 3, Rules of Nomenclature with Recommendations

Cover of International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria
International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria: Bacteriological Code, 1990 Revision.
Lapage SP, Sneath PHA, Lessel EF, et al., editors.
Washington (DC): ASM Press; 1992.
Copyright © 1992, International Union of Microbiological Societies.

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