Name: Thioalkalispiraceae Mori et al. 2011

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.al.ka.li.spi.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Thioalkalispira, the type genus of family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thioalkalispiraceae, the family of the genus Thioalkalispira

Pronunciation, gender: t^hi-o-al-ka-li-spi-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Thioalkalispira Sorokin et al. 2002

Valid publication: Mori K, Suzuki K, Urabe T, Sugihara M, Tanaka K, Hamada M, Hanada S. Thioprofundum hispidum sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium isolated from the hydrothermal field on Suiyo Seamount, and proposal of Thioalkalispiraceae fam. nov. in the order Chromatiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2412-2418.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiohalophilaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Mori et al. (2011) assigned this family to the phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Mori K, Suzuki K, Urabe T, Sugihara M, Tanaka K, Hamada M, Hanada S. Thioprofundum hispidum sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium isolated from the hydrothermal field on Suiyo Seamount, and proposal of Thioalkalispiraceae fam. nov. in the order Chromatiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2412-2418.
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Thioprofundum Takai et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; UNIQEM: 3; JCM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Endothiovibrio Bazylinski et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thioalkalispira Sorokin et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiohalophilus Sorokin et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

Assigned by: Mori K, Suzuki K, Urabe T, Sugihara M, Tanaka K, Hamada M, Hanada S. Thioprofundum hispidum sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium isolated from the hydrothermal field on Suiyo Seamount, and proposal of Thioalkalispiraceae fam. nov. in the order Chromatiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2412-2418.

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Record number: 1906