Name: Pyrodictiaceae Burggraf et al. 1997

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Py.ro.dic.ti.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Pyrodictium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pyrodictiaceae, the Pyrodictium family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: py-ro-dik-ti-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Pyrodictium Stetter et al. 1984

Valid publication: Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pyrodictaceae"; "Pyrodictiuceue".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Burggraf et al. (1997). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; JCM: 6; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Hyperthermus Zillig et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Pyroantarcticum" de Araújo Butarelli et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Pyrodictium Stetter et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrofollis Miyazaki et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrolobus Blöchl et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002

Assigned by: Huber H, Stetter KO. Order II. Desulfurococcales ord. 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. 179-197. 🇺🇸

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