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Family Ignicoccaceae
Name: Ignicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024
Etymology: I.gni.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Ignicoccus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Ignicoccaceae, family of the genus Ignicoccus
Pronunciation, gender: i-n͡gni-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000
Effective 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. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Ignisphaeraceae" Rinke et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Ignicoccaceae" Rinke et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, not validly published Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Ignisphaeraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000 to this family.
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.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983.
Publication:
Huber H, Burggraf S, Mayer T, Wyschkony I, Rachel R, Stetter KO. Ignicoccus gen. nov., a novel genus of hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Archaea, represented by two new species, Ignicoccus islandicus sp nov and Ignicoccus pacificus sp nov. and Ignicoccus pacificus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2093-2100.
- ❗ Ignicoccaceae 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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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000 to this family.
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.
Parent taxon: Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002
Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Huber H, Stetter KO. Order II. Desulfurococcales ord. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 179-197.
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Record number: 43564
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