Halococcaceae

Halococcaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Halobacteria
Order:
Halobacteriales
Family:
Halococcaceae

Gupta et al. 2016
Genera

Halococcaceae is a family of halophilic and mostly chemoorganotrophic archaea within the order Halobacteriales.[1][2][3] The type genus of this family is Halococcus.[4] Its biochemical characteristics are the same as the order Halobacteriales.

The name Halococcaceae is derived from the Latin term Halococcus, referring to the type genus of the family and the suffix "-ceae", an ending used to denote a family. Together, Halococcaceae refers to a family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Halococcus.

  1. ^ Gupta, Radhey S.; Naushad, Sohail; Fabros, Reena; Adeolu, Mobolaji (2016-02-02). "A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 109 (4): 565–587. doi:10.1007/s10482-016-0660-2. ISSN 0003-6072. PMID 26837779. S2CID 254231068.
  2. ^ Grant, William D.; Kamekura, Masahiro; McGenity, Terry J.; Ventosa, Antonio (2015-09-14). "Halobacteria class. nov". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria: 1. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.cbm00026. ISBN 9781118960608.
  3. ^ Oren, Aharon (2012-02-01). "Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae: a paradigm for changing concepts in prokaryote systematics". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (2): 263–271. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038653-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 22155757.
  4. ^ "Family: Halococcaceae". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2021-06-27.