Name: Aquificaceae Reysenbach 2002
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
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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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Record number: 152