Name: Halorhodospiraceae Imhoff et al. 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.rho.do.spi.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Halorhodospira, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halorhodospiraceae, the family of Halorhodospira

Pronunciation, gender: ha-lo-r^ho-do-spi-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Halorhodospira Imhoff and Süling 1997

Effective publication: Imhoff JF, Kyndt JA, Meyer TE. Genomic Comparison, Phylogeny and Taxonomic Reevaluation of the Ectothiorhodospiraceae and Description of Halorhodospiraceae fam. nov. and Halochlorospira gen. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Nitrococcales 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.
  • 🧕 Imhoff et al. (2022) assigned this family to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Imhoff JF, Kyndt JA, Meyer TE. Genomic Comparison, Phylogeny and Taxonomic Reevaluation of the Ectothiorhodospiraceae and Description of Halorhodospiraceae fam. nov. and Halochlorospira gen. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984. Publication: Imhoff JF, Suling J. The phylogenetic relationship among Ectothiorhodospiraceae: a reevaluation of their taxonomy on the basis of 16S rDNA analyses. Arch Microbiol 1996; 165:106-113.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02296 (N = 17).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; ATCC: 4; JCM: 1.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Halochlorospira" Imhoff et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Halorhodospira Imhoff and Süling 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

Assigned by: Imhoff JF, Kyndt JA, Meyer TE. Genomic Comparison, Phylogeny and Taxonomic Reevaluation of the Ectothiorhodospiraceae and Description of Halorhodospiraceae fam. nov. and Halochlorospira gen. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0.

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