Name: Deferribacteraceae Huber and Stetter 2002

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: De.fer.ri.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Deferribacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Deferribacteraceae, the Deferribacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-fer-ri-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997

Effective publication: Huber H, Stetter KO. Family I. Deferribacteraceae 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. 465-471. 🇺🇸

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mucispirillaceae Spring et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Calditerrivibrionaceae Spring et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Flexistipitaceae Spring et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Spring et al. 2022 Spring S, Rohde M, Bunk B, Sproer C, Will SE, Neumann-Schaal M. New insights into the energy metabolism and taxonomy of Deferribacteres revealed by the characterization of a new isolate from a hypersaline microbial mat. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2543-2575. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 37. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5696.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 6 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this family to the class "Deferribacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000 to this family. Publication: Huber H, Stetter KO. Family I. Deferribacteraceae 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. 465-471. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Miroshnichenko et al. (2003) assigned the genus Denitrovibrio Myhr and Torsvik 2000 to this family. Publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Slobodkin AI, Kostrikina NA, L'Haridon S, Nercessian O, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Jeanthon C. Deferribacter abyssi sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophile from deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1637-1641. 🇷🇺
  • 🧒 Rauschenbach et al. (2013) assigned the genus Seleniivibrio Rauschenbach et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Rauschenbach I, Posternak V, Cantarella P, McConnell J, Starovoytov V, Haggblom MM. Seleniivibrio woodruffii gen. nov., sp. nov., a selenate- and arsenate-respiring bacterium in the Deferribacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3659-3665. 🇺🇸
  • 📧 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: 7; NBRC: 3; JCM: 2; ATCC: 2; VKPM: 1.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 465-471". 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: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Calditerrivibrio Iino et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flexistipes Fiala et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Petrothermobacter Tamazawa et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Deferribacterales Huber and Stetter 2002

Assigned by: Huber H, Stetter KO. Order I. Deferribacterales ord. 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. 465-471. 🇺🇸

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