Name: Petrotogaceae Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pet.ro.to.ga.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Petrotoga, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Petrotogaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Petrotoga

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Petrotoga Davey et al. 1993

Effective publication: Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.

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 Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Thermotogaceae fam. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 370-387.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 17; JCM: 11; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 2; KCTC: 1; CCUG: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Defluviitoga Ben Hania et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geotoga Davey et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinitoga Wery et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanotoga Jayasinghearachchi and Lal 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Petrotoga Davey et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tepiditoga Mori et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Petrotogales Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Assigned by: Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168.

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Record number: 1974