Name: "Ignisphaeraceae" Rinke et al. 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: I.gni.sphae.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Ignisphaera, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Ignisphaeraceae, the Ignisphaera family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: i-n͡gni-spha͡e-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Ignisphaera Niederberger et al. 2006

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

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: 45446
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