Name: Haloplasmataceae Rainey et al. 2008

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.plas.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Haloplasma, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Haloplasmataceae, the Haloplasma family

Pronunciation, gender: ha-lo-plas-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Haloplasma Antunes et al. 2008

Effective publication: Antunes A, Rainey FA, Wanner G, Taborda M, Patzold J, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Huber R. A new lineage of halophilic, wall-less, contractile bacteria from a brine-filled deep of the Red Sea. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:3580-3587.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 124. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2471-2472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this family to the subclass "Erysipelotrichidae" corrig. Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Haloplasmataceae" Zhou et al. 2022.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Rainey et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Antunes et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Rainey, da Costa, Antunes and Huber.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Haladaptoplasma" Zhou et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Haloplasma Antunes et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Natronoplasma" Zhou et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Saliniplasma" Zhou et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Haloplasmatales Rainey et al. 2008

Assigned by: Antunes A, Rainey FA, Wanner G, Taborda M, Patzold J, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Huber R. A new lineage of halophilic, wall-less, contractile bacteria from a brine-filled deep of the Red Sea. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:3580-3587.

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Record number: 1870