Name: Salinispiraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Sa.li.ni.spi.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Salinispira, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Salinispiraceae, family of the genus Salinispira

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sa-li-ni-spi-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Salinispira Ben Hania et al. 2015

Effective publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sediminispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Marispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Winmispiraceae Podosokorskaya et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alkalispirochaetaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Salinispira Ben Hania et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ben Hania W, Joseph M, Schumann P, Bunk B, Fiebig A, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Fardeau ML, Spring S. Complete genome sequence and description of Salinispira pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel spirochaete isolated form a hypersaline microbial mat. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:7. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Salinispiraceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

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. — Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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