Name: Halanaerobiaceae Oren et al. 1984

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Hal.an.a.e.ro.bi.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Halanaerobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halanaerobiaceae, the Halanaerobium family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: hal-an-a-e-ro-bi-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Halanaerobium corrig. Zeikus et al. 1984

Effective publication: Oren A, Paster BJ, Woese CR. Haloanaerobiaceae: a new family of moderately halophilic, obligately anaerobic bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:71-80. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 16. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:503-504.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloanaerobiaceae Oren et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Halarsenatibacteraceae Boltyanskaya et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halothermotrichaceae Boltyanskaya et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Oren et al. (1984) assigned the genus Haloanaerobium Zeikus et al. 1984 to this family. Publication: Oren A, Paster BJ, Woese CR. Haloanaerobiaceae: a new family of moderately halophilic, obligately anaerobic bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:71-80. 🇮🇱
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Haloanaerobiaceae Oren et al. 1984. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Halanaerobactaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 23; ATCC: 21; H: 5; KCTC: 4; CIP: 4; JCM: 3; VKM: 2; MCCC: 2; OCM: 1.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Haloanaerobiaceae (sic), has been corrected by Oren 2000. Publication: Oren A. Change of the names Haloanaerobiales, Haloanaerobiaceae and Haloanaerobium to Halanaerobiales, Halanaerobiaceae and Halanaerobium, respectively, and further nomenclatural changes within the order Halanaerobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2229-2230. 🇮🇱

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halanaerobium corrig. Zeikus et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halarsenatibacter Switzer Blum et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloanaerobium Zeikus et al. 1984	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Halocella Simankova et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloincola Zhilina et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halonatronomonas Boltyanskaya et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halothermothrix Cayol et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Iocasia Zhang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halanaerobiales corrig. Rainey and Zhilina 1995

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪

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