Name: Nitratiruptoraceae Waite et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tra.ti.rup.to.ra.ce’ae. N.L. masc. n. Nitratiruptor, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitratiruptoraceae, the family of the genus Nitratiruptor

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Nitratiruptor Nakagawa et al. 2005

Effective publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Nautiliaceae Miroshnichenko et al. 2004. Publication: Anderson I, Sikorski J, Zeytun A, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, et al. Complete genome sequence of Nitratifractor salsuginis type strain (E9I37-1). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:322-330.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 5; DSM: 3; KCTC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nitratiruptor Nakagawa et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nitrosophilus Shiotani et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: [Epsilonproteobacteria, not assigned to order]

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Record number: 7775