Name: Haloarculaceae Gupta et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.ar.cu.la.ce’ae. N.L. fem. dim. n. Haloarcula, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Haloarculaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Haloarcula

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ventosa A. Genus II. Haloarcula Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura and Kates 1986b, 573VP (Effective publication: Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura and Kates 1986a, 98). 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. 305-309.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Haloarcelaceae".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, 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, 26 June 2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3657-3661.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Oren A, 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, 11 July 2017, Valencia, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4279-4283.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 23 May 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4291-4295.
  • 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, 28 June 2022, Alicante, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5584.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Mehrshad et al. (2016), Cui et al. (2017), Sorokin et al. (2021), Duran-Viseras et al. (2021). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 41; CGMCC: 22; CECT: 15; ATCC: 12; DSM: 12; NBRC: 6; CCM: 5; CIP: 4; VKM: 4; BCC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halapricum Song et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halococcoides Sorokin et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloglomus Durán-Viseras et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halomicroarcula Echigo et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halomicrobium Oren et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halorhabdus Wainø et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halorientalis Cui et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halosegnis Durán-Viseras et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halosiccatus Mehrshad et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halosimplex Vreeland et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinirussus Cui et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacteriales Grant and Larsen 1989

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.

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