Family Halococcaceae
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Halococcaceae Gupta et al. 2016, fam. nov.
Nomenclatural type: ¤ Halococcus Oren et al. 2009.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Halococcus, type genus of the family; -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. masc. pl. n. Halococcaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Halococcus.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 2463-2466.
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Effective publication: GUPTA, R. S., NAUSHAD, S., FABROS, R., ADEOLU, M. 2016. A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 109, 565-587; erratum 1521-1523.
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