Name: Halobacteriales Grant and Larsen 1989

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Halobacterium, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halobacteriales, the Halobacterium order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Grant WD, Larsen H. Group 111. Extremely halophilic archaeobacteria. Order Halobacteriales ord. nov. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2216-2218.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Gupta et al. 2015 Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 family in the order.
    • This emendation was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the class Halobacteria Grant et al. 2002. Publication: Grant WD, Kamekura M, McGenity TJ, Ventosa A. Class III. Halobacteria class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 294-334.
  • Nomenclatural type of the class Halomebacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1997. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A, Grant WD. Proposed Minimal Standards for Description of New Taxa in the Order Halobacteriales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 1997; 47:233-238.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 16 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1405-1407.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the meeting 30 June 2010, Beijing, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2010; 60:2257-2259.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae Minutes of the joint open meeting, 6 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2792-2795.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: . International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: A. Oren AV. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2008; 58:2465-2467.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Nair GB, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290.
  • On the Validation List no. 31, in violation of Rules 15 and 21a, the nomenclatural type is given as Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). It should be noted that the correct nomenclatural type is cited in the effective publication. Publication: DasSarma P, DasSarma S. On the origin of prokaryotic "species": the taxonomy of halophilic Archaea. Saline Syst 2008; 4:5.
  • See also: Publication: Oren A. Nomenclature and taxonomy of halophilic archaea--comments on the proposal by DasSarma and DasSarma for nomenclatural changes within the order Halobacteriales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2245-2246.

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
    Haloarculaceae Gupta et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Halococcaceae Gupta et al. 2016	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacteria Grant et al. 2002

Assigned by: Grant WD, Kamekura M, McGenity TJ, Ventosa A. Class III. Halobacteria class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 294.

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