Name: Desulfohalobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.ha.lo.bi.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Desulfohalobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfohalobiaceae, the Desulfohalobium family

Pronunciation, gender: de-sul-fo-ha-lo-bi-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Desulfohalobium Ollivier et al. 1991

Effective publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family III. Desulfohalobiaceae 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. 948-949.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulfonatronovibrio Zhilina et al. 1997 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family III. Desulfohalobiaceae 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. 948-949.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulfothermus Kuever et al. 2006 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family III. Desulfohalobiaceae 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. 948-949.
  • 🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Desulfovulcanus" to this family. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • 🧒 Sorokin et al. (2008) assigned the genus Desulfonatronospira Sorokin et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Henstra AM, Stams AJM, Galinski EA, Muyzer G. Sulfidogenesis under extremely haloalkaline conditions by Desulfonatronospira thiodismutans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Desulfonatronospira delicata sp. nov. - a novel lineage of Deltaproteobacteria from hypersaline soda lakes. Microbiology (Reading) 2008; 154:1444-1453.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Desulfonauticus Audiffrin et al. 2003 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Delsulfohalobiaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; VKM: 3; ATCC: 2; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfohalobium Ollivier et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfohalophilus" Blum et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovermiculus Belyakova et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order II. Desulfovibrionales ord. 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. 925-926.

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