Haloferacales

Haloferacales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Haloferacales
Gupta et al. 2015
Families[1][2]

Haloferacales is an order of halophilic, chemoorganotrophic or heterotrophic archaea within the class Haloarchaea.[3] The type genus of this order is Haloferax.[4]

The name Haloferacales is derived from the Latin term Haloferax, referring to the type genus of the order and the suffix "-ales," an ending used to denote an order. Together, Haloferacales refers to an order whose nomenclatural type is the genus Haloferax.

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  3. ^ Gupta, Radhey S.; Naushad, Sohail; Baker, Sheridan (2015-03-01). "Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (Pt_3): 1050–1069. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.070136-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
  4. ^ "Order: Haloferacales". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2021-06-27.