Abstract
Thi.o.ha.lo.bac.ter.a.ce'ae N.L. masc. n.
Thiohalobacter
, the type genus of the family, ‐
aceae
ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n.
Thiohalobacteraceae
the
Thiohalobacter
family.
The family
Thiohalobacteraceae
consists of aerobic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur‐oxidizing bacteria from hypersaline salt lakes. They are moderately halophilic aerobic, bacteria utilizing reduced sulfur compounds as the energy source and assimilating CO
2
via the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle. The family is a member of the order
Thiohalobacterales
within the
Gammaproteobacteria
and consists of a single genus
Thiohalobacter
. The family‐level status was established by phylogenomic analysis based on the Genome Taxonomy DataBase classification.
DNA G
+
C content (%)
: 64.2 (genome sequence).
Type genus
:
Thiohalobacter
Sorokin et al. 2010
VP
.
Taxonomic and Nomenclature Notes
According to the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the taxonomic status of the family
Thiohalobacteraceae
is: correct name (last update, February 2025)
*
.
LPSN classification:
Bacteria
/
Pseudomonadati
/
Pseudomonadota
/
Gammaproteobacteria
/
Thiohalobacterales
/
Thiohalobacteraceae
The family
Thiohalobacteraceae
can also be recovered in the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) as
f__Thiohalobacteraceae
(version v220)
**
.
GTDB classification:
d__Bacteria
/
p__Pseudomonadota
/
c__Gammaproteobacteria
/
o__Thiohalobacterales
/
f__Thiohalobacteraceae
*
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