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.
Proteobacteria / Gammaproteobacteria / Thiohalorhabdales / Thiohalorhabdaceae fam. nov.
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
.