Name: Thiohalospiraceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.ha.lo.spir.a.ce’ae. N.L. fem. n. Thiohalospira, the type genus of the family, aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thiohalospiraceae, the Thiohalospira family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Thiohalospira Sorokin et al. 2008

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Thiohalospiraceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1-2.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oceanococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halofilaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Acidihalobacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aquisalimonadaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nitrococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thioalkalivibrionaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiohalomonadaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylohalomonadaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sorokin and Merkel (2023) assigned this family to the order Thiohalospirales Sorokin and Merkel 2023. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Thiohalospirales ord. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1-3.
  • 🧒 Sorokin and Merkel (2023) assigned the genus Thiohalospira Sorokin et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Thiohalospiraceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1-2.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Muyzer G, Kuenen GJ. Thiohalospira halophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalospira alkaliphila sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1685-1692.
  • ❗ Thiohalospiraceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/family/thiohalospiraceaeCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 39624