Family Halobacteriovoraceae

Name: Halobacteriovoraceae Koval et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.bac.te.ri.o.vo.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Halobacteriovorax, a bacterial genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halobacteriovoraceae, the Halobacteriovorax family (sic)

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Halobacteriovorax Koval et al. 2015

Valid publication: Koval SF, Williams HN, Stine OC. Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:593-597. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Halobacteriovoracaceae corrig. Koval et al. 2015

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halobacteriovoracaceae corrig. Koval et al. 2015	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hahn et al. (2017) assigned this family to the order Bacteriovoracales Hahn et al. 2017. Publication: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Koll U, Rohde M, Verbarg S, Pitt A, Nakai R, Naganuma T, Lang E. Silvanigrella aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, description of Silvanigrellaceae fam. nov. and Silvanigrellales ord. nov., reclassification of the order Bdellovibrionales in the class Oligoflexia, reclassification of the families Bacteriovoracaceae and Halobacteriovoraceae in the new order Bacteriovoracales ord. nov., and reclassification of the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae in the order Oligoflexales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2555-2568. 🇦🇹
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this family to the class Bacteriovoracia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Bacteriovoracaceae Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🧍 Irregularly formed name. The expected name to be formed from Halobacteriovorax would be "Halobacteriovoracaceae" because the genitive of vorax is voracis. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

Parent taxon: Bacteriovoracales Hahn et al. 2017

Assigned by: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Koll U, Rohde M, Verbarg S, Pitt A, Nakai R, Naganuma T, Lang E. Silvanigrella aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, description of Silvanigrellaceae fam. nov. and Silvanigrellales ord. nov., reclassification of the order Bdellovibrionales in the class Oligoflexia, reclassification of the families Bacteriovoracaceae and Halobacteriovoraceae in the new order Bacteriovoracales ord. nov., and reclassification of the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae in the order Oligoflexales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2555-2568. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 1997