Name: "Thermopetrobacteraceae" Laroche et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.pe.tro.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermopetrobacteraceae, the Thermopetrobacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ther-mo-pe-tro-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Thermopetrobacter" Sislak 2013

Original publication: Laroche O, Meier S, Mjøs SA, Keeley N. Suspension-Feeding Benthic Species’ Physiological and Microbiome Response to Salmon Farming and Associated Environmental Changes. Front. Mar. Sci. 2022; 9:841806. 🇳🇿

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 67151

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