Name: "Natronospiraceae" Sorokin et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Na.tro.no.spi.ra.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Natronospira, a bacterial genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Natronospiraceae, the Natronospira family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Natronospira Sorokin et al. 2017

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126519.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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
    Methylohalomonadaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    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 et al. (2024) assigned this family to the order "Natronospirales" Sorokin et al. 2024. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126519.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984. Publication: Sorokin DY, Kublanov IV, Khijniak TV. Natronospira proteinivora gen. nov., sp. nov, an extremely salt-tolerant, alkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2604-2608.

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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