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Family Sulfurifustaceae
Name: Sulfurifustaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024
Etymology: Sul.fu.ri.fus.ta’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Sulfurifustis, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Sulfurifustaceae, family of the genus Sulfurifustis
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sul-fu-ri-fus-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Sulfurifustis Kojima 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. 
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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
Correct name: Acidiferrobacteraceae Kojima et al. 2015
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Acidiferrobacteraceae Kojima et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Sulfurifustis Kojima 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. 🇦🇺
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Sulfuricaulis Kojima et al. 2016 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. 🇦🇺
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Acidiferrobacteraceae Kojima et al. 2015.
Publication:
Kojima H, Shinohara A, Fukui M. Sulfurifustis variabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a lake, and proposal of Acidiferrobacteraceae fam. nov. and Acidiferrobacterales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3709-3713. 🇯🇵
- ❗ Sulfurifustaceae 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).
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Sulfurifustis Kojima 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.
Parent taxon: Acidiferrobacterales Kojima et al. 2015
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Kojima H, Shinohara A, Fukui M. Sulfurifustis variabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a lake, and proposal of Acidiferrobacteraceae fam. nov. and Acidiferrobacterales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3709-3713. 🇯🇵
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