Name: Balneicellaceae Fadhlaoui et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Bal.ne.i.cel.la’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Balneicella, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Balneicellaceae, the Balneicella family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bal-ne-i-kel-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Balneicella Fadhlaoui et al. 2016

Valid publication: Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Balneicella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium, isolated from a thermal spring and description of Balneicellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4692-4696. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Bacteroidales Krieg 2012

Assigned by: Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Balneicella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium, isolated from a thermal spring and description of Balneicellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4692-4696. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 2053

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