Name: Halothiobacillaceae Kelly and Wood 2005

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.thi.o.ba.cil.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Halothiobacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halothiobacillaceae, the Halothiobacillus family

Pronunciation, gender: ha-lo-t^hi-o-ba-kil-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Halothiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000

Effective publication: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Family III. Halothiobacillaceae fam. nov. Kelly and Wood 2003. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 58.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Boden 2017 Boden R. Reclassification of Halothiobacillus hydrothermalis and Halothiobacillus halophilus to Guyparkeria gen. nov. in the Thioalkalibacteraceae fam. nov., with emended descriptions of the genus Halothiobacillus and family Halothiobacillaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3919-3928. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Family III. Halothiobacillaceae fam. nov. Kelly and Wood 2003. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 58.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Halothiobacillales 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.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Thioalkalibacter Banciu et al. 2009 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; ATCC: 3; JCM: 2; GDMCC: 1; CIP: 1; NCIMB: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halothiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiofaba Mori and Suzuki 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiovirga Ito et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

Assigned by: Imhoff JF. Order I. Chromatiales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1-3.

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Record number: 628