Name: Desulfosarcinaceae Waite et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.sar.ci.na.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Desulfosarcina, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfosarcinaceae, the family of the genus Desulfosarcina

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Desulfosarcina Widdel 1981

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: synonym

Correct name: Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfosalsimonadaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfofabaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfolunaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfobacteriaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulforegulaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfatirhabdiaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfococcaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfatiglandaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfatibacillaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Desulfobacterales 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.
  • 🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus Desulfosarcina Widdel 1981 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.
  • 🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus Desulfatitalea Higashioka et al. 2013 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.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae 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. 959-960.
  • ❗ Desulfosarcinaceae 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).

Parent taxon: Desulfobacterales 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 III. Desulfobacterales 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. 959.

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