Name: Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Desulfotomaculum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfotomaculaceae, the family of Desulfotomaculum

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 196. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5596-5601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfonisporaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Pelotomaculaceae" Hao et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Pelotomaculaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfocucumaceae Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Desulfurisporaceae Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfallaceae Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Desulfohalotomaculaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfitibacteraceae Lv et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermincolaceae Stackebrandt 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Desulfofarciminaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfallantaceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfocucumeraceae 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
    Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧒 Stackebrandt (2014) assigned the genus Cryptanaerobacter Juteau et al. 2005 to this family. Publication: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
  • 🧒 Stackebrandt (2014) assigned the genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
  • 🧒 Stackebrandt (2014) assigned the genus Desulfurispora Kaksonen et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
  • 🧒 Stackebrandt (2014) assigned the genus Pelotomaculum Imachi et al. 2002 to this family. Publication: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
  • 🧒 Stackebrandt (2014) assigned the genus Sporotomaculum Brauman et al. 1998 to this family. Publication: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
  • 🧒 Watanabe et al. (2020) assigned the genus Desulforamulus Watanabe et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulforamulus gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-8.
  • 🛺 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. Desulfotomaculum intricatum sp. nov., a sulfate reducer isolated from freshwater lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3574-3578.
  • ❗ Desulfotomaculaceae 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).

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