Name: Desulfurisporaceae Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fu.ri.spo.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Desulfurispora, type genus of the family; L. fem. adj. suff. -acea, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfurisporaceae, the family of Desulfurispora

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fu-ri-spo-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Desulfurispora Kaksonen et al. 2007

Effective publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfurisporaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-2. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

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

• 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Watanabe et al. (2020) assigned the genus Desulfurispora Kaksonen et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfurisporaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-2. 🇯🇵
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. Haloalkaliphilic spore-forming sulfidogens from soda lake sediments and description of Desulfitispora alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov. Extremophiles 2010; 14:313-320. 🇷🇺
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020. 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. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Desulfurisporaceae 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: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

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. — Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616. 🇳🇱

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