Family Halanaerobiaceae
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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).
Halanaerobiaceae corrig. Oren et al. 1984, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Halanaerobium corrig. Zeikus et al. 1984.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Halanaerobium, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halanaerobiaceae, the Halanaerobium family.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 16. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 503-504.
Effective publication: OREN (A.), PASTER (B.J.) and WOESE (C.R.): Haloanaerobiaceae: a new family of moderately halophilic, obligately anaerobic bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1984, 5, 71-80.
Validation List no. 16 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The original spelling, Haloanaerobiaceae (sic), has been corrected by Oren 2000.
Reference: OREN (A.): Change of the names Haloanaerobiales, Haloanaerobiaceae and Haloanaerobium to Halanerobiales, Halanaerobiaceae and Halanaerobium, respectively, and further nomenclatural changes within the order Halanaerobiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000, 50, 2229-2230.
Original article in IJSEM Online
