Name: Haladaptataceae Cui et al. 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Hal.ad.ap.ta.ta’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Haladaptatus, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Haladaptataceae, the family the nomenclatural type of which is the genus Haladaptatus

Pronunciation, gender: hal-ad-ap-ta-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Haladaptatus Savage et al. 2007

Valid publication: Cui C, Han D, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based classification of the class Halobacteria and description of Haladaptataceae fam. nov. and Halorubellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5984.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6041.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halorubellaceae Cui et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haladaptataceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Natronomonadaceae Zhu et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cui et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Halobacteriales Grant and Larsen 1989. Publication: Cui C, Han D, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based classification of the class Halobacteria and description of Haladaptataceae fam. nov. and Halorubellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5984.
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Haladaptatus Savage et al. 2007 to this family. 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.
  • 🧒 Cui et al. (2023) assigned the genus Halomicrococcus Chen et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Cui C, Han D, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based classification of the class Halobacteria and description of Haladaptataceae fam. nov. and Halorubellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5984.
  • 🧒 Cui et al. (2023) assigned the genus Haladaptatus Savage et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Cui C, Han D, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based classification of the class Halobacteria and description of Haladaptataceae fam. nov. and Halorubellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5984.
  • 🧒 Cui et al. (2023) assigned the genus Halorussus Cui et al. 2014 to this family. Publication: Cui C, Han D, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based classification of the class Halobacteria and description of Haladaptataceae fam. nov. and Halorubellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5984.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. Erratum to: A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1521-1523.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2024. Publication: Cui HL, Hou J, Amoozegar MA, Dyall-Smith ML, de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Oren A, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of new taxa of the class Halobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6290.
  • ❗ Haladaptataceae 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).
  • 🧍 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2024. Publication: Cui HL, Hou J, Amoozegar MA, Dyall-Smith ML, de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Oren A, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of new taxa of the class Halobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6290.

Parent taxon: Halobacteriales Grant and Larsen 1989

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. — Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. Erratum to: A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1521-1523.

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