Name: "Verruconatronaceae" Sorokin et al. 2026

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ver.ru.co.na.tro.na’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Verruconatronum, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Verruconatronaceae, the family of the genus Verruconatronum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wer-ru-ko-na-tro-NA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Verruconatronum" Sorokin et al. 2026

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Khot V, Merkel AY, Mosier D, Bale NJ, Koenen M, Strous M. Physiology, functional genomics, and proteomics of Verruconatronum alginivorum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first isolated haloalkaliphile within Verrucomicrobiota, representing a new family, Verruconatronumaceae fam. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2026; 0:e0047526. 🇷🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sorokin et al. (2026) assigned this family to the class Opitutia corrig. Choo et al. 2007. Publication: Sorokin DY, Khot V, Merkel AY, Mosier D, Bale NJ, Koenen M, Strous M. Physiology, functional genomics, and proteomics of Verruconatronum alginivorum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first isolated haloalkaliphile within Verrucomicrobiota, representing a new family, Verruconatronumaceae fam. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2026; 0:e0047526. 🇷🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Verruconatronumaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UQM: 1; JCM: 1.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Verruconatronum" Sorokin et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Opitutales Choo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Khot V, Merkel AY, Mosier D, Bale NJ, Koenen M, Strous M. Physiology, functional genomics, and proteomics of Verruconatronum alginivorum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first isolated haloalkaliphile within Verrucomicrobiota, representing a new family, Verruconatronumaceae fam. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2026; 0:e0047526. 🇷🇺

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