Name: "Ignicoccaceae" Rinke et al. 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ig.ni.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, the Ignicoccus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000

Original publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ignicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ignisphaeraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Ignisphaeraceae" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🛺 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.

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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