Abstract
Thi.o.ha.lo.rhab.da.ce'ae N.L. fem. n.
Thiohalorhabdus
, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff.‐
aceae
, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n.
Thiohalorhabdaceae
, the
Thiohalorhabdus
family.
The family
Thiohalorhabdaceae
incorporates facultatively anaerobic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur‐oxidizing bacteria from hypersaline habitats. They are extreme halophiles utilizing reduced sulfur compounds as energy sources with either O
2
or nitrate as the electron acceptor and assimilating CO
2
via the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle. The family is a member of the order
Thiohalorhabdales
in the
Gammaproteobacteria,
and it consists of a single genus
Thiohalorhabdus
. The family‐level status was established by phylogenomic analysis based on the Genome Taxonomy DataBase classification.
DNA G
+
C content (%)
: 68.9 (genome of the type strain).
Type genus
:
Thiohalorhabdus
Sorokin et al. 2008
VP
.
Taxonomic and Nomenclature Notes
According to the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the taxonomic status of the family
Thiohalorhabdaceae
is: correct name (last update, February 2025)
*
.
LPSN classification:
Bacteria
/
Pseudomonadati
/
Pseudomonadota
/
Gammaproteobacteria
/
Thiohalorhabdales
/
Thiohalorhabdaceae
The family
Thiohalorhabdaceae
can also be recovered in the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) as
f__Thiohalorhabdaceae
(version v220)
**
.
GTDB classification:
d__Bacteria
/
p__Pseudomonadota
/
c__Gammaproteobacteria
/
o__Thiohalorhabdales
/
f__Thiohalorhabdaceae
*
Meier‐Kolthoff
et al. (
2022
).
Nucleic Acids Res
,
50
,
D801
–
D807
; DOI:
10.1093/nar/gkab902
**
Parks
et al. (
2022
).
Nucleic Acids Res
,
50
,
D785
–
D794
; DOI:
10.1093/nar/gkab776