Name: "Thiobacteraceae" Dukat et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Thiobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thiobacteraceae, the family of the genus Thiobacter

Pronunciation, gender: thi-o-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Thiobacter Hirayama et al. 2005

Original publication: Dukat AM, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Novikov AA, Frolov EN. Thiobacter aerophilum sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Obligately Chemolithoautotrophic, Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterium from a Hot Spring and Proposal of Thiobacteraceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2024; 12:0.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Dukat AM, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Novikov AA, Frolov EN. Thiobacter aerophilum sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Obligately Chemolithoautotrophic, Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterium from a Hot Spring and Proposal of Thiobacteraceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2024; 12:0.

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Record number: 55400
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