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Family Thermithiobacillaceae
Name: Thermithiobacillaceae Garrity et al. 2005
Etymology: Ther.mi.thi.o.ba.cil.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Thermithiobacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermithiobacillaceae, the Thermithiobacillus family
Type genus: Thermithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000
Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Thermithiobacillaceae 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 62.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Williams and Kelly (2013) assigned this family to the class Acidithiobacillia Williams and Kelly 2013.
Publication:
Williams KP, Kelly DP. Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2901-2906.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; NBRC: 1.
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🧕 Williams and Kelly (2013) assigned this family to the class Acidithiobacillia Williams and Kelly 2013.
Publication:
Williams KP, Kelly DP. Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2901-2906.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Thermithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Acidithiobacillales Garrity et al. 2005
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order II. Acidithiobacillales 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 60.
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Record number: 1421
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