Family Peptoniphilaceae
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Peptoniphilaceae Johnson et al. 2014, fam. nov.
Nomenclatural type: ¤ Peptoniphilus Ezaki et al. 2001 Johnson et al. 2014.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Peptoniphilus, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Peptoniphilaceae, the family of the genus Peptoniphilus.
Valid publication: JOHNSON, C. N., WHITEHEAD, T. R., COTTA, M. A., RHOADES, R. E. and LAWSON, P. A. 2014. Peptoniphilus stercorisuis sp. nov., isolated from a swine manure storage tank and description of Peptoniphilaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3538-3545..
Original article in IJSEM Online