Family Haladaptataceae

Name: Haladaptataceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

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

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

Type genus: Haladaptatus Savage et al. 2007

Effective 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. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🛺 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae: minutes of the joint open meeting, 25 November 2025, Oaxaca, Mexico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7065. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Haladaptataceae Cui et al. 2023. 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. 🇨🇳

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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