Name: Methylohalomonadaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.ha.lo.mo.nad.a.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Methylohalomonas, the type genus of the family, aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methylohalomonadaceae, the Methylohalomonas family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Methylohalomonas Sorokin et al. 2007

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Methylohalomonadaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acidihalobacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Natronospiraceae" Sorokin et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thiohalospiraceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thioalkalivibrionaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Oceanococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiohalomonadaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halofilaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nitrococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aquisalimonadaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sorokin and Merkel (2023) assigned this family to the order Methylohalomonadales Sorokin and Merkel 2023. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Methylohalomonadales ord. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1-2.
  • 🧒 Sorokin and Merkel (2023) assigned the genus Methylohalomonas Sorokin et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Methylohalomonadaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984. Publication: Sorokin DY, Trotsenko YA, Doronina NV, Tourova TP, Galinski EA, Kolganova TV, Muyzer G. Methylohalomonas lacus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylonatrum kenyense gen. nov., sp. nov., methylotrophic gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2762-2769.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methylolalomonadaceae".
  • ❗ Methylohalomonadaceae 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).

Parent taxon: Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

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. — 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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