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Family Desulfocucumeraceae
Name: Desulfocucumeraceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021
Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfocucumeraceae, the Desulfocucumis family
Type genus: Desulfocucumis Watanabe et al. 2017
Effective publication:
Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfocucumaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-2. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Desulfonisporaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Desulfocucumaceae Watanabe et al. 2021 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling "Desulfohalotomaculaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Thermincolaceae Stackebrandt 2020 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Desulfallantaceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Dehalobacteriaceae" O'Connor et al. 2014 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Desulfitisporaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Pelotomaculaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 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 "Pelotomaculaceae" Hao et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Desulfofarciminaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Desulfotomaculales 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.
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🧒 Watanabe et al. (2019) assigned the genus Desulfocucumis Watanabe et al. 2017 to this family.
Publication:
Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfocucumaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NNe (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-2.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfocucumis palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic sulfate reducer belonging to Desulfotomaculum subcluster Ig. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2679-2682.
- ❗ Desulfocucumeraceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2022-08-16.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Desulfotomaculales 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.
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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