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Family Desulfatibacillaceae
Name: Desulfatibacillaceae Waite et al. 2020
Etymology: De.sul.fa.ti.ba.cil.la’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Desulfatibacillum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfatibacillaceae, the family of the genus Desulfatibacillum
Pronunciation, gender: de-sul-fa-ti-ba-kil-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Desulfatibacillum Cravo-Laureau et al. 2004
Valid publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Cravo-Laureau et al. (2004). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01533 (N = 1).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; DSM: 2.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Desulfatibacillum Cravo-Laureau et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Desulfobacterales Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
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Record number: 17363
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