Name: Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Desulfurococcus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfurococcaceae, the Desulfurococcus family

Type genus: Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983

Effective publication: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Pranghhvilli D, Schäfer W, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Holz I, Palm P. Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring Thermoproteaks. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1982; 3:304-317.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Burggraf et al. 1997 Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 3 genera in the family.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aeropyrum Sako et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
    Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983	validly published	correct name
    Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    Staphylothermus Stetter and Fiala 1986	validly published	correct name
    Stetteria Jochimsen et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
    Sulfophobococcus Hensel et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
    Thermodiscus Stetter 2003	validly published	correct name
    Thermogladius Kochetkova et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Thermosphaera Huber et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
    "Zestosphaera" St John et al. 2019	not validly published

Parent taxon: Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002

Assigned by: Huber H, Stetter KO. Order II. Desulfurococcales ord. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 179-197.

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