Name: Halobacteroidaceae Zhilina and Rainey 1995

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.bac.ter.o.i.da’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Halobacteroides, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halobacteroidaceae, the Halobacteroides family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-bak-ter-o-i-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Halobacteroides Oren et al. 1984

Effective publication: Rainey FA, Zhilina TN, Boulygina ES, Stackebrandt E, Tourova TP, Zavarzin GA. The taxonomic status of the fermentative halophilic anaerobic bacteria: description of Haloanaerobiales ord. nov., Halobacteroidaceae fam. nov., Orenia gen. nov. and further taxonomic rearrangements at the genus and species level. Anaerobe 1995; 1:185-199. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetohalobiaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the order Haloanaerobiales Rainey and Zhilina 1995. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Halobacteroidales Chuvochina et al. 2024. 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Rainey et al. (1995) assigned the genus Haloanaerobacter Liaw and Mah 1996 to this family. Publication: Rainey FA, Zhilina TN, Boulygina ES, Stackebrandt E, Tourova TP, Zavarzin GA. The taxonomic status of the fermentative halophilic anaerobic bacteria: description of Haloanaerobiales ord. nov., Halobacteroidaceae fam. nov., Orenia gen. nov. and further taxonomic rearrangements at the genus and species level. Anaerobe 1995; 1:185-199. 🇩🇪
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zhilina et al. (2015), Oren et al. (1987). 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 authority of the taxon name (Zhilina and Rainey) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Rainey et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 29; ATCC: 15; CIP: 6; JCM: 5; OCM: 3; UNIQEM: 3; VKM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Frackibacter" Booker et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Fuchsiella Zhilina et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halanaerobacter corrig. Liaw and Mah 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halanaerobaculum Hedi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halanaerocella Gales et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloanaerobacter Liaw and Mah 1996	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Halobacteroides Oren et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halonatronum Zhilina et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natroniella Zhilina et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Orenia Rainey and Stackebrandt 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Selenihalanaerobacter" Switzer Blum et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name
    Sporohalobacter Oren et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halanaerobiales corrig. Rainey and Zhilina 1995

Assigned by: Rainey FA, Zhilina TN, Boulygina ES, Stackebrandt E, Tourova TP, Zavarzin GA. The taxonomic status of the fermentative halophilic anaerobic bacteria: description of Haloanaerobiales ord. nov., Halobacteroidaceae fam. nov., Orenia gen. nov. and further taxonomic rearrangements at the genus and species level. Anaerobe 1995; 1:185-199. 🇩🇪

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