Name: Desulfocapsaceae Waite et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.cap.sa’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Desulfocapsa, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfocapsaceae, the family of the genus Desulfocapsa

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-kap-SA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Desulfocapsa Janssen et al. 1997

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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this family to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. 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. 🇳🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Desulfobulbaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 988. 🇺🇸
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Junghare and Schink (2015). 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 13; ATCC: 5; KCTC: 3; JCM: 3; NBRC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Desulfatifera" Van Vliet et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfocapsa Janssen et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfocastanea Galushko and Kuever 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofustis Friedrich et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfopila Suzuki et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfoprunum Junghare and Schink 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforhopalus Isaksen and Teske 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfosediminicola Song et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfotalea Knoblauch et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfobulbales Waite et al. 2020

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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