Family Chromatiaceae
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Chromatium Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Chromatium, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Chromatiaceae, the Chromatium family.
Approved Lists reference: 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).
Original publication: BAVENDAMM (W.): Die Farblosen und Roten Schwefelbakterien des Süss-und Salzwassers, Pflanzenforschung (edited by Kolkwitz), Berlin-Dahlem, 1924, pp. 1-156.
→ Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff 1984.
Type genus: ¤ Chromatium Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Chromatium, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Chromatiaceae, the Chromatium family.
Reference: IMHOFF (J.F.): Reassignment of the genus Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 to a new family, Ectothiorhodospiraceae fam. nov., and emended description of the Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 338-339.
Original article in IJSEM Online