Family Deinococcaceae
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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).
Deinococcaceae Brooks and Murray 1981, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Deinococcus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Deinococcaceae, the Deinococcus family.
Valid publication: BROOKS (B.W.) and MURRAY (R.G.E.): Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 353-360.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Deinococcaceae Brooks and Murray 1981 emend. Rainey et al. 1997.
Type genus: ¤ Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Deinococcus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Deinococcaceae, the Deinococcus family.
Reference: RAINEY (F.A.), NOBRE (M.F.), SCHUMANN (P.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and DA COSTA (M.S.): Phylogenetic diversity of the deinococci as determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 510-514.
Original article in IJSEM Online
