Name: "Candidatus Baltobacteraceae" Ward et al. 2019

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Bal.to.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Baltobacter, a (Candidatus) generic name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Baltobacteraceae, the Baltobacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bal-to-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Baltobacter" Ward et al. 2019

Effective publication: Ward LM, Cardona T, Holland-Moritz H. Evolutionary Implications of Anoxygenic Phototrophy in the Bacterial Phylum Candidatus Eremiobacterota (WPS-2). Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1658. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Vulcanimicrobiaceae Yabe et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vulcanimicrobiaceae Yabe et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Baltobacteraceae" Yabe et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published, later homonym

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ward et al. (2019) assigned this family to the order "Candidatus Baltobacterales" Ward et al. 2019. Publication: Ward LM, Cardona T, Holland-Moritz H. Evolutionary Implications of Anoxygenic Phototrophy in the Bacterial Phylum Candidatus Eremiobacterota (WPS-2). Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1658. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Aquilonibacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Cryoxeromicrobium" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Elarobacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Hemerobacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Hesperobacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Lustribacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Meridianibacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Nyctobacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Palsibacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Tityobacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Tumulicola" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Tyrphobacter" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Zemynaea" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Erobacter" corrig. Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Cybelea" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Velthaea" Ji et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Pessi et al. (2024) assigned the genus "Candidatus Lamibacter" Pessi et al. 2024 to this family. Publication: Pessi IS, Delmont TO, Zehr JP, Hultman J. Discovery of Eremiobacterota with nifH homologues in tundra soil. Environ Microbiol Rep 2024; 16:e13277. 🇫🇮
  • 🧒 Ward et al. (2019) assigned the genus "Candidatus Baltobacter" Ward et al. 2019 to this family. Publication: Ward LM, Cardona T, Holland-Moritz H. Evolutionary Implications of Anoxygenic Phototrophy in the Bacterial Phylum Candidatus Eremiobacterota (WPS-2). Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1658. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Yabe et al. (2022) assigned the genus Vulcanimicrobium Yabe et al. 2023 to this family. Publication: Yabe S, Muto K, Abe K, Yokota A, Staudigel H, Tebo BM. Vulcanimicrobium alpinus gen. nov. sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the candidate phylum "Eremiobacterota", is a metabolically versatile aerobic anoxygenic phototroph. ISME Commun 2022; 2:120. 🇯🇵
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Vulcanimicrobiaceae Yabe et al. 2024. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Balrobacteraceae".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Baltobacteraceae" Yabe et al. 2022.
  • ❗ "Candidatus Baltobacteraceae" is the pro-correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).

Parent taxon: Vulcanimicrobiales Yabe et al. 2024

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Yabe S, Muto K, Abe K, Yokota A, Staudigel H, Tebo BM. Correction: Vulcanimicrobium alpinus gen. nov. sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the candidate phylum "Eremiobacterota", is a metabolically versatile aerobic anoxygenic phototroph. ISME Commun 2023; 3:102. 🇯🇵

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