Name: Thermohalobacteraceae Spring 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.ha.lo.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Thermohalobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermohalobacteraceae, the Thermohalobacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-ha-lo-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Thermohalobacter Cayol et al. 2000

Effective publication: Spring S. Thermohalobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-8. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 199. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4773.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caldisalinibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Clostridiisalibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Spring (2020) assigned this family to the class Clostridia Rainey 2010. Publication: Spring S. Thermohalobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-8. 🇩🇪
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Wiegel J. Family I. Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933, 90 AL. 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, volume 3, The Firmicutes, Springer, New York, 2009, p. 738-848. 🇧🇪
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Rezgui et al. (2011). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 10; JCM: 6; CNCM: 2; MCCC: 2; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1; CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Brassicibacter Fang et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caldisalinibacter Ben Hania et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caloranaerobacter Wery et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Clostridiisalibacter Liebgott et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dethiothermospora Fisher et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Senegalia" Traore et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Sporosalibacterium Rezgui et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermohalobacter Cayol et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Tissierellales Alauzet et al. 2020

Assigned by: Spring S. Thermohalobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-8. 🇩🇪

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