Name: Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.bac.te.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Halobacterium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halobacteriaceae, the Halobacterium family

Pronunciation, gender: ha-lo-bak-te-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Gibbons NE. Family V. Halobacteriaceae. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1974, p. 269-272.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haladaptataceae Cui et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halorubellaceae Cui et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haladaptataceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Natronomonadaceae Zhu et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Gupta et al. 2015 Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 21 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 24 genera from the family.
    • 🧍 This emendation was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.
  • Gupta et al. 2016 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. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 25. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:7-8.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 10 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 7 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this family to the subkingdom "Archaebacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Halococcus Schoop 1935 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Grant WD. Genus IV. Halococcus Schoop 1935a, 817AL. 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. 311-314. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Haloferax Torreblanca et al. 1986 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Halorhabdus Wainø et al. 2000 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Halorubrum McGenity and Grant 1996 to this family. Publication: McGenity TJ, Grant WD. Genus VII. Halorubrum McGenity and Grant 1996, 362VP (Effective publication: McGenity and Grant 1995, 241). 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. 320-324. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Natrialba Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Natrinema McGenity et al. 1998 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Natronobacterium Tindall et al. 1984 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Natronococcus Tindall et al. 1984 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Natronorubrum Xu et al. 1999 to this family. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Cui and Qiu (2014) assigned the genus Salinarubrum Cui and Qiu 2014 to this family. Publication: Cui HL, Qiu XX. Salinarubrum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new member of the family Halobacteriaceae isolated from Chinese marine solar salterns. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:135-141. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Cui and Qiu (2014) assigned the genus Salinirubrum corrig. Cui and Qiu 2014 to this family. Publication: Cui HL, Qiu XX. Salinarubrum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new member of the family Halobacteriaceae isolated from Chinese marine solar salterns. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:135-141. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Salinarubrum Cui and Qiu 2014 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Halalkalicoccus Xue et al. 2005 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Halococcus Schoop 1935 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Halomicrobium Oren et al. 2002 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Halorhabdus Wainø et al. 2000 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Halosimplex Vreeland et al. 2003 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Natronoarchaeum Shimane et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Halorientalis Cui et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Halomicroarcula Echigo et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Salinirubrum corrig. Cui and Qiu 2014 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned the genus Halapricum Song et al. 2014 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halalkalicoccus Xue et al. 2005 to this family. 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Natronoarchaeum Shimane et al. 2010 to this family. 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Mehrshad et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halosiccatus Mehrshad et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Mehrshad M, Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi A, Fazeli SAS, Farahani H, Asadi B, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Halosiccatus urmianus gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloarchaeon from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:725-730. 🇮🇷
  • 🧒 Song et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halostella Song et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Song HS, Cha IT, Rhee JK, Yim KJ, Kim AY, Choi JS, Baek SJ, Seo MJ, Park SJ, Nam YD, et al. Halostella salina gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from solar salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2740-2746. 🇰🇷
  • 🧒 Tang et al. (2023) assigned the genus Actinoarchaeum Tang et al. 2024 to this family. Publication: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Zhang Y, Makarova KS, Liu BB, Zheng GS, Zhang ZP, Zheng HJ, Wolf YI, Zhao YR, et al. Cellular differentiation into hyphae and spores in halophilic archaea. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1827. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Ugalde et al. (2013) assigned the genus "Candidatus Halobonum" Ugalde et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Ugalde JA, Narasingarao P, Kuo S, Podell S, Allen EE. Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Halobonum tyrrellensis" Strain G22, Isolated from the Hypersaline Waters of Lake Tyrrell, Australia. Genome Announc 2013; 1:0. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halobaculum Oren et al. 1995 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halobiforma Hezayen et al. 2002 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halogranum Cui et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halolamina Cui et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halonotius Burns et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halopelagius Cui et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halopiger Gutiérrez et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Haloplanus Bardavid et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Haloquadratum Burns et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halosarcina Savage et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halostagnicola Castillo et al. 2006 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halovivax Castillo et al. 2006 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Natronolimnobius Itoh et al. 2005 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halobellus Cui et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Halopenitus Amoozegar et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Elazari-Volcani B. Genus XII. Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani, 1940. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 207-212.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Anderson H. The reddening of salted hides and fish. Appl Microbiol 1954; 2:64-69.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hafobacteriaceae"; "Halobacleriaceae"; "Halobactenaceae"; "Halobactmaceae"; "Halobaderiaceae"; "Halobarteriaceae"; "Halohacteriaceae"; "Hawbacteriaceae".
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1997. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A, Grant WD. Proposed Minimal Standards for Description of New Taxa in the Order Halobacteriales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 1997; 47:233-238. 🇮🇱
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1997. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A, Grant WD. Proposed Minimal Standards for Description of New Taxa in the Order Halobacteriales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 1997; 47:233-238. 🇮🇱
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1997. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A, Grant WD. Proposed Minimal Standards for Description of New Taxa in the Order Halobacteriales. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1997; 47:233-238. 🇮🇱
  • 🖹 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, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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. Minutes of the closed meeting, 12 May 2022, via Zoom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5499. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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: Farmer Iii JJ, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2638-2640. 🇬🇧
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Madigan MT. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the Meetings, 28 August 2000, Barcelona, Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2335-2336. 🇩🇪
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 16 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1405-1407. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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 meeting 30 June 2010, Beijing, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2010; 60:2257-2259. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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 Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae Minutes of the joint open meeting, 6 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2792-2795. 🇪🇸
  • 🧔 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. Minutes of the closed meeting, 23 May 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4289. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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: Ventosa A, Oren A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae, Minutes of the closed meeting, 23 May 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4290. 🇪🇸
  • 🧔 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, 31 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3915-3918. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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 Halomonadaceae: minutes of the closed meeting, 31 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3914. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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: minutes of the closed meeting, 31 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3913. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: . International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: A. Oren AV. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 2008; 58:2465-2467.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: A. Oren AV. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2008; 58:2465-2467.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B, Farmer Iii JJ. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms: Minutes of the meetings, 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2638-2640. 🇬🇧
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Nair GB, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of ProkaryotesSubcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 2008; 58:2670-2671. 🇪🇸
  • 🧔 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 the Halobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2005; 55:2637-2638. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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; Minutes of the meetings, 5 September 2004, Ljubljana, Slovenia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2005; 55:543-544. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Vreeland RH, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2007; 57:2975-2978. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2008; 58:2670-2671. 🇪🇸
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: J.j. Farmer BH. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2638-2640. 🇬🇧
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Cui et al. (2012), Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. (2012), Li et al. (2024). 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: 96; CGMCC: 64; DSM: 28; ATCC: 18; VKM: 14; NBRC: 11; CECT: 11; NCIMB: 11; CIP: 9; KCTC: 8.
  • 🧍 See also Oren (2012). Publication: Oren A. Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae: a paradigm for changing concepts in prokaryote systematics. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:263-271. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 P. DasSarma and S. DasSarma 2008 [1], propose to rename the family Halobacteriaceae as "Haloarchaeaceae", to reflect its membership in the archaeal rather than the bacterial domain. Publication: DasSarma P, DasSarma S. On the origin of prokaryotic "species": the taxonomy of halophilic Archaea. Saline Syst 2008; 4:5. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 This change is in violation of the General Considerations, Principles and Rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria [2], and it not validly published. Publication: Oren A. Nomenclature and taxonomy of halophilic archaea--comments on the proposal by DasSarma and DasSarma for nomenclatural changes within the order Halobacteriales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2245-2246. 🇮🇱

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 23
Total number of child taxa: 26

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinarchaeum corrig. Tang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Actinoarchaeum Tang et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Haladaptatus Savage et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halanaeroarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halarchaeum Minegishi et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Halectosymbiota" corrig. Filker et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Haloarchaeobius Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halocalculus Minegishi et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halocatena Verma et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halodesulfurarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Haloectosymbiotes" Filker et al. 2014	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Halomarina Inoue et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halomicrococcus Chen et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halorubellus Cui et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halorussus Cui et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halospeciosus Li et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halovarius Mehrshad et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halovenus Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natribaculum Liu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronomonas Kamekura et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sala Song et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Salarchaeum Shimane et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salella Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinibaculum Han and Cui 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinirubellus Hou et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacteriales Grant and Larsen 1989

Assigned by: 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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