Name: "Chloroherpetaceae" corrig. Bello et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Chlo.ro.her.pe.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Chloroherpetaceae, the Chloroherpeton family

Pronunciation, gender: k^hlo-ro-her-pe-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Chloroherpeton Gibson et al. 1985

Original publication: Bello S, Howard-Azzeh M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic Analyses and Molecular Signatures Elucidating the Evolutionary Relationships amongst the Chlorobia and Ignavibacteria Species: Robust Demarcation of Two Family-Level Clades within the Order Chlorobiales and Proposal for the Family Chloroherpetonaceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Chlorobiaceae" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chloroherpetonaceae" Bello et al. 2022	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bello et al. (2022) assigned this family to the order Chlorobiales Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bello S, Howard-Azzeh M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic Analyses and Molecular Signatures Elucidating the Evolutionary Relationships amongst the Chlorobia and Ignavibacteria Species: Robust Demarcation of Two Family-Level Clades within the Order Chlorobiales and Proposal for the Family Chloroherpetonaceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0.
  • 🧒 Bello et al. (2022) assigned the genus "Candidatus Thermochlorobacter" Liu et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Bello S, Howard-Azzeh M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic Analyses and Molecular Signatures Elucidating the Evolutionary Relationships amongst the Chlorobia and Ignavibacteria Species: Robust Demarcation of Two Family-Level Clades within the Order Chlorobiales and Proposal for the Family Chloroherpetonaceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gibson J, Pfennig N, Waterbury JB. Chloroherpeton thalassium gen. nov. et spec. nov., a non-filamentous, flexing and gliding green sulfur bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1984; 138:96-101.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The expression "monophyletic clade" is a pleonasm. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2023-04-27.

Parent taxon: Chlorobiales Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

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. — Gibbons NE, Murray RGE. Proposals Concerning the Higher Taxa of Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:1-6.

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