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. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfurococcaceae, the Desulfurococcus family

Gender: feminine

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Ignicoccaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Ignisphaeraceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 4 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • St John et al. (2019) assigned the genus "Candidatus Nanopusillus" Wurch et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: St John E, Liu Y, Podar M, Stott MB, Meneghin J, Chen Z, Lagutin K, Mitchell K, Reysenbach AL. A new symbiotic nanoarchaeote (Candidatus Nanoclepta minutus) and its host (Zestosphaera tikiterensis gen. nov., sp. nov.) from a New Zealand hot spring. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:94-106.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Desulfurowccaceae"; "Desuliurococcaceae"; "Desuljurococcaceae"; "Desullurococcaceae".
  • The authority of the taxon name (Zillig and Stetter) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zillig et al.).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 20; JCM: 15; ATCC: 8; VKM: 4; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aeropyrum Sako et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Igneococcus" Burggraf et al. 1997	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ignisphaera Niederberger et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Nanoclepta" St John et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Staphylothermus Stetter and Fiala 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Stetteria Jochimsen et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfophobococcus Hensel et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermodiscus Stetter 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermogladius Kochetkova et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermogladius" Osburn and Amend 2011	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Thermosphaera Huber et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zestosphaera St John et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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