Name: Desulfurobacteriaceae L'Haridon et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fu.ro.bac.te.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Desulfurobacterium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfurobacteriaceae, the Desulfurobacterium family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fu-ro-bak-te-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Desulfurobacterium L'Haridon et al. 1998

Valid publication: L'Haridon S, Reysenbach AL, Tindall BJ, Schonheit P, Banta A, Johnsen U, Schumann P, Gambacorta A, Stackebrandt E, Jeanthon C. Desulfurobacterium atlanticum sp. nov., Desulfurobacterium pacificum sp. nov. and Thermovibrio guaymasensis sp. nov., three thermophilic members of the Desulfurobacteriaceae fam. nov., a deep branching lineage within the Bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2843-2852. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Gupta and Lali 2013 Gupta RS, Lali R. Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:349-368. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 19. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:8-10.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 4 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned this family to the order Aquificales Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desufurobacteriaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of LHaridon et al. (2006). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 10; JCM: 7; CIP: 1; ATCC: 1; MCCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Balnearium Takai et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfurobacterium L'Haridon et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phorcysia Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermovibrio Huber et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfurobacteriales Gupta and Lali 2014

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Lali R. Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:349-368. 🇨🇦

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