Name: Halorubraceae Gupta et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.ru.bra.ce’ae. N.L. neut. n. Halorubrum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halorubraceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Halorubrum

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Halorubrum McGenity and Grant 1996

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Haloferacaceae Gupta et al. 2015

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloferacaceae Gupta et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned this family to the order Haloferacales Gupta et al. 2015. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Cheng et al. (2023) assigned the genus Natronocalculus Sorokin et al. 2023 to this family. Publication: Cheng M, Li XX, Tan S, Ma X, Hu Y, Hou J, Cui HL. Salinigranum marinum sp. nov. and Halohasta salina sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from sediment of a marine saltern and inland saline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6143.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halobaculum Oren et al. 1995 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halogranum Cui et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halolamina Cui et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halonotius Burns et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halorubrum McGenity and Grant 1996 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halopenitus Amoozegar et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halohasta Mou et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Salinigranum Cui and Zhang 2014 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halorubrobacterium Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. 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; 109:565-587.
  • 🧒 Mori et al. (2016) assigned the genus Halobium Mori et al. 2016 to this family. Publication: Mori K, Nurcahyanto DA, Kawasaki H, Lisdiyanti P, Yopi, Suzuki KI. Halobium palmae gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3799-3804.
  • 🧒 Sorokin et al. (2019) assigned the genus Halalkaliarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2019 to this family. Publication: Sorokin DY, Yakimov M, Messina E, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens sp. nov. and Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sulfur-respiring alkaliphilic haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2662-2673.
  • 🧒 Zuo et al. (2021) assigned the genus Halalkalirubrum Zuo et al. 2022 to this family. Publication: Zuo Z, Zhao D, Zhou J, Han J, Xiang H. Halalkalirubrum salinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline lake. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:83-94.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Haloferacaceae Gupta et al. 2015. 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.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Haloferacaceae Gupta et al. 2015. Publication: Cui C, Han D, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based classification of the class Halobacteria and description of Haladaptataceae fam. nov. and Halorubellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5984.
  • 🖹 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, 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: 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 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.
  • ❗ Halorubraceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

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