Name: Thermovirgaceae Pradel et al. 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.vir.ga.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Thermovirga, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermovirgaceae, the family of the genus Thermovirga

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Thermovirga Dahle and Birkeland 2006

Valid publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Acetomicrobiaceae Pradel et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aminobacteriaceae Pradel et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Pradel et al. (2023) assigned the genus Thermovirga Dahle and Birkeland 2006 to this family. Publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009. Publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Roudiere L, Marchandin H. Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1028-1035.
  • ❗ Thermovirgaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

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