Name: "Mariprofundaceae" Emerson et al. 2007

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ma.ri.pro.fun.da’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Mariprofundaceae, the family of the genus Mariprofundus

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Mariprofundus Emerson et al. 2010

Original publication: Emerson D, Rentz JA, Lilburn TG, Davis RE, Aldrich H, Chan C, Moyer CL. A novel lineage of proteobacteria involved in formation of marine Fe-oxidizing microbial mat communities. PLoS One 2007; 2:e667.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Mariprofundaceae Hördt et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mariprofundaceae Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Makita et al. (2017) assigned this family to the class "Candidatus Zetaproteobacteria" Emerson et al. 2007. Publication: Makita H, Tanaka E, Mitsunobu S, Miyazaki M, Nunoura T, Uematsu K, Takaki Y, Nishi S, Shimamura S, Takai K. Mariprofundus micogutta sp. nov., a novel iron-oxidizing zetaproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field at the Bayonnaise knoll of the Izu-Ogasawara arc, and a description of Mariprofundales ord. nov. and Zetaproteobacteria classis nov. Arch Microbiol 2017; 199:335-346.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Mariprofundaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 1913