Name: Syntrophobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Syn.tro.pho.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Syntrophobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Syntrophobacteraceae, the Syntrophobacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: syn-tro-p^ho-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Syntrophobacter Boone and Bryant 1984

Effective publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Syntrophobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1021. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Thermodesulforhabdus Beeder et al. 1996 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Syntrophobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1021. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Syntrophophobacteraceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 18; JCM: 3; ATCC: 3; CIP: 2; CGMCC: 2; UNIQEM: 2; NCIMB: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfacinum Rees et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfoferrobacter Davidova et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfoglaeba Davidova et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Desulfonatronobulbus" Sorokin and Chernyh 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Desulforhabdus Oude Elferink et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfosoma Baena et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovirga Tanaka et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Syntrophobaca" Sorokin et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Syntrophobacter Boone and Bryant 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Syntrophobacterium Galushko and Kuever 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Syntropholuna" Sorokin et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Syntrophobacterales Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order VI. Syntrophobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1021. 🇺🇸

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