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Family "Candidatus Desulfofervidaceae"
Name: "Candidatus Desulfofervidaceae" Krukenberg et al. 2016
Etymology: De.sul.fo.fer.vi.da’ce.ae. N.L. pref. desulfo-, used in taxonomic names for sulfate-reducing bacteria; L. masc. adj. fervidus, hot, the hot one; N.L. masc. n. Desulfofervidus, hot sulfate reducer; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfofervidaceae
Pronunciation, gender: de-sul-fo-fer-wi-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Desulfofervidus" Krukenberg et al. 2016
Effective publication:
Krukenberg V, Harding K, Richter M, Glockner FO, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Adam B, Berg JS, Knittel K, Tegetmeyer HE, Boetius A, et al. Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:3073-3091. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Desulfofervidia" to this family.
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.
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🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Desulfofervidia" to this family.
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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Desulfofervidus" Krukenberg et al. 2016 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Desulfofervidales" 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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Record number: 216
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