Name: "Pelotomaculaceae" Hao et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pe.lo.to.ma.cu.la.ce’ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Pelotomaculaceae, the Pelotomaculum family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Pelotomaculum Imachi et al. 2002

Original publication: Hao L, Michaelsen TY, Singleton CM, Dottorini G, Kirkegaard RH, Albertsen M, Nielsen PH, Dueholm MS. Novel syntrophic bacteria in full-scale anaerobic digesters revealed by genome-centric metatranscriptomics. ISME J 2020; 14:906-918.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfonisporaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pelotomaculaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfocucumaceae Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Desulfurisporaceae Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfallaceae Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Desulfohalotomaculaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfitibacteraceae Lv et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermincolaceae Stackebrandt 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Desulfofarciminaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfallantaceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfocucumeraceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Dehalobacteriaceae" O'Connor et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfitisporaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hao et al. (2020) assigned this family to the phylum "Bacillota" Whitman et al. 2018. Publication: Hao L, Michaelsen TY, Singleton CM, Dottorini G, Kirkegaard RH, Albertsen M, Nielsen PH, Dueholm MS. Novel syntrophic bacteria in full-scale anaerobic digesters revealed by genome-centric metatranscriptomics. ISME J 2020; 14:906-918.
  • 🧒 Hao et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Propionivorax" Hao et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Hao L, Michaelsen TY, Singleton CM, Dottorini G, Kirkegaard RH, Albertsen M, Nielsen PH, Dueholm MS. Novel syntrophic bacteria in full-scale anaerobic digesters revealed by genome-centric metatranscriptomics. ISME J 2020; 14:906-918.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020. Publication: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

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