Name: Acidiferrobacteraceae Kojima et al. 2015

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: A.ci.di.fer.ro.bac.te.ra.ce’ae. N.L. masc. n. Acidiferrobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Acidiferrobacteraceae, the family of the genus Acidiferrobacter

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Acidiferrobacter Hallberg et al. 2011

Valid publication: Kojima H, Shinohara A, Fukui M. Sulfurifustis variabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a lake, and proposal of Acidiferrobacteraceae fam. nov. and Acidiferrobacterales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3709-3713.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Acidiferribacteraceae".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kojima et al. (2016). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acidiferrobacter Hallberg et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfuricaulis Kojima et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurifustis Kojima et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acidiferrobacterales Kojima et al. 2015

Assigned by: Kojima H, Shinohara A, Fukui M. Sulfurifustis variabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a lake, and proposal of Acidiferrobacteraceae fam. nov. and Acidiferrobacterales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3709-3713.

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Record number: 2014