Abstract
Thi.o.ha.lo.rhab.dal'es N.L. fem. n.
Thiohalorhabdus
, the type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. ‐
ales
ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n.
Thiohalorhabdales
, order of the genus
Thiohalorhabdus
.
According to the phylogenomic analysis, the order
Thiohalorhabdales
forms a deeply branching phylogenetic lineage at the base of the
Gammaproteobacteria
. It consists of a single family
Thiohalorhabdaceae
and genus
Thiohalorhabdus
. The cultured members of the order are extremely halophilic, facultatively anaerobic (denitrifying), chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur‐oxidizing bacteria from hypersaline habitats with neutral pH.
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 order
Thiohalorhabdales
is: correct name (last update, February 2025)
*
.
LPSN classification:
Bacteria
/
Pseudomonadati
/
Pseudomonadota
/
Gammaproteobacteria
/
Thiohalorhabdales
The order
Thiohalorhabdales
can also be recovered in the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) as
o__Thiohalorhabdales
(version v220)
**
.
GTDB classification:
d__Bacteria
/
p__Pseudomonadota
/
c__Gammaproteobacteria
/
o__Thiohalorhabdales
*
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