Name: Aquificaceae Reysenbach 2002

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Aquifex, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Aquificaceae, the Aquifex family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992

Effective publication: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Aquificaceae fam. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 360-367.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Gupta and Lali 2013 Gupta RS, Lali R. Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:349-368. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 19. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:8-10.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 5 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Aquifexaceae"; "Aquijicaceae".
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 13; JCM: 12; NBRC: 2; ATCC: 2; IFO: 1.
  • This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.
  • In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 360-367". Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Calderobacterium Kryukov et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Hydrogenivirga Nakagawa et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hydrogenobacter Kawasumi et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hydrogenobaculum Stöhr et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermocrinis Huber et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Aquificales Reysenbach 2002

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Lali R. Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:349-368.

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