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Family Desulfoplanaceae
Name: Desulfoplanaceae Waite et al. 2020
Etymology: De.sul.fo.pla.na’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Desulfoplanes, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfoplanaceae, the family of the genus Desulfoplanes
Pronunciation, gender: de-sul-fo-pla-NA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Desulfoplanes Watanabe et al. 2015
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: inaccurate spelling
Correct name: Desulfoplanetaceae corrig. Waite et al. 2020
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Desulfoplanetaceae corrig. Waite et al. 2020 corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP Desulfomicrobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006.
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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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Desulfoplanetaceae corrig. Waite et al. 2020.
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 this family to the order Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006.
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.
Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006
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. — 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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