Family Herpetosiphonaceae
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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).
Herpetosiphonaceae Gupta et al. 2013, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Herpetosiphon Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. n. Herpetosiphon, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Herpetosiphonaceae, the Herpetosiphon family.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 151. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1577-1580.
Effective publication: GUPTA (R.S.), CHANDER (P.) and GEORGE (S.): Phylogenetic framework and molecular signatures for the class Chloroflexi and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Chloroflexi class. nov. into the suborder Chloroflexineae subord. nov., consisting of the emended family Oscillochloridaceae and the family Chloroflexaceae fam. nov., and the suborder Roseiflexineae subord. nov., containing the family Roseiflexaceae fam. nov. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2013, 103, 99-119.
Validation List no. 151 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
