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Family "Dehalobacteriaceae"
Name: "Dehalobacteriaceae" O'Connor et al. 2014
Etymology: De.ha.lo.bac.te.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Dehalobacteriaceae, the Dehalobacterium family
Pronunciation, gender: de-ha-lo-bak-te-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: "Dehalobacterium" Mägli et al. 1996
Original publication:
O'Connor A, Quizon PM, Albright JE, Lin FT, Bennett BJ. Responsiveness of cardiometabolic-related microbiota to diet is influenced by host genetics. Mamm Genome 2014; 25:583-599. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Pelotomaculaceae" Hao et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Desulfonisporaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Desulfallantaceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Desulfocucumeraceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Desulfitisporaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Desulfurisporaceae Watanabe et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Desulfallaceae Watanabe et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "Desulfohalotomaculaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Desulfocucumaceae Watanabe et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Thermincolaceae Stackebrandt 2020 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Pelotomaculaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Desulfofarciminaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧒 OConnor et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Dehalobacterium" Mägli et al. 1996 to this family.
Publication:
O'Connor A, Quizon PM, Albright JE, Lin FT, Bennett BJ. Responsiveness of cardiometabolic-related microbiota to diet is influenced by host genetics. Mamm Genome 2014; 25:583-599.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. Haloalkaliphilic spore-forming sulfidogens from soda lake sediments and description of Desulfitispora alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov. Extremophiles 2010; 14:313-320.
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.
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🧒 OConnor et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Dehalobacterium" Mägli et al. 1996 to this family.
Publication:
O'Connor A, Quizon PM, Albright JE, Lin FT, Bennett BJ. Responsiveness of cardiometabolic-related microbiota to diet is influenced by host genetics. Mamm Genome 2014; 25:583-599.
Parent taxon: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (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. —
Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.
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Record number: 38682
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