Name: Thalassobaculaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Tha.las.so.ba.cu.la’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Thalassobaculum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thalassobaculaceae, the Thalassobaculum family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Thalassobaculum Zhang et al. 2008

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nisaeaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Oceanibaculaceae Koziaeva et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Thalassobaculales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Zhang GI, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Thalassobaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:479-485.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Urios et al. (2010), Dong et al. (2010). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 5; DSM: 5; KCTC: 3; KCCM: 2; CIP: 2; LMG: 2; JCM: 1.

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
    Nisaea Urios et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanibaculum Lai et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassobaculum Zhang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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