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Family Desulfitobacteriaceae
Name: Desulfitobacteriaceae Stackebrandt 2020
Etymology: De.sul.fi.to.bac.te.ria’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Desulfitobacterium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfitobacteriaceae, the family of Desulfitobacterium
Type genus: Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994
Effective publication:
Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 196. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5596-5601.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Desulfitobacteriales Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
- 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05593 (N = 5).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 22; ATCC: 9; JCM: 8; NCIMB: 3; VKM: 3; MCCC: 1; KCTC: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Desulfitobacteriales Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Dehalobacter Holliger et al. 1998 validly published under the ICNP correct name Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994 validly published under the ICNP correct name Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997 validly published under the ICNP correct name Paradesulfitobacterium Li et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Syntrophobotulus Friedrich et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
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Record number: 8887
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