Name: Thermacetogeniaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Therm.a.ce.to.ge.ni.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Thermacetogenium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermacetogeniaceae, family of the genus Thermacetogenium

Pronunciation, gender: t^herm-a-ke-to-ge-ni-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Thermacetogenium Hattori et al. 2000

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: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Thermoanaerobacteraceae Wiegel 2010. Publication: Wiegel J. Family I. Thermoanaerobacteraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 1225.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thermoacetogeniaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Syntrophaceticus Westerholm et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermacetogenium Hattori et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Thermosyntrophaceticus" Cheng et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Thermacetogeniales Chuvochina et al. 2024

Assigned by: 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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