Name: Nitriliruptoraceae Sorokin et al. 2009

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tri.li.rup.to.ra’ceae. N.L. masc. n. Nitriliruptor, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitriliruptoraceae, the family of the genus Nitriliruptor

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Nitriliruptor Sorokin et al. 2009

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, van Pelt S, Tourova TP, Evtushenko LI. Nitriliruptor alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a deep-lineage haloalkaliphilic actinobacterium from soda lakes capable of growth on aliphatic nitriles, and proposal of Nitriliruptoraceae fam. nov. and Nitriliruptorales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:248-253.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kurahashi et al. (2010) assigned this family to the subclass Nitriliruptoridae Kurahashi et al. 2010. Publication: Kurahashi M, Fukunaga Y, Sakiyama Y, Harayama S, Yokota A. Euzebya tangerina gen. nov., sp. nov., a deeply branching marine actinobacterium isolated from the sea cucumber Holothuria edulis, and proposal of Euzebyaceae fam. nov., Euzebyales ord. nov. and Nitriliruptoridae subclassis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2314-2319.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nitriluptoraceae".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; NCCB: 1; MCCC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nitriliruptor Sorokin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Profundirhabdus Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nitriliruptorales Sorokin et al. 2009

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, van Pelt S, Tourova TP, Evtushenko LI. Nitriliruptor alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a deep-lineage haloalkaliphilic actinobacterium from soda lakes capable of growth on aliphatic nitriles, and proposal of Nitriliruptoraceae fam. nov. and Nitriliruptorales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:248-253.

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