Family Nitriliruptoraceae

Name: Nitriliruptoraceae Sorokin et al. 2009

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tri.li.rup.to.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Nitriliruptor, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitriliruptoraceae, the family of the genus Nitriliruptor

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-tri-li-rup-to-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Nitriliruptor Sorokin et al. 2009

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, van Pelt S, Tourova TP, Evtushenko LI. Nitriliruptor alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a deep-lineage haloalkaliphilic actinobacterium from soda lakes capable of growth on aliphatic nitriles, and proposal of Nitriliruptoraceae fam. nov. and Nitriliruptorales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:248-253. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Nitriliruptorales Sorokin et al. 2009

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, van Pelt S, Tourova TP, Evtushenko LI. Nitriliruptor alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a deep-lineage haloalkaliphilic actinobacterium from soda lakes capable of growth on aliphatic nitriles, and proposal of Nitriliruptoraceae fam. nov. and Nitriliruptorales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:248-253. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 1875

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