Chlorobiaceae

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Family Chlorobiaceae

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Classification - List of genera included in the family - Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction".

Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonym: "Chlorobiacea" (sic) Copeland 1956.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Chlorobium, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Chlorobiaceae, the Chlorobium family.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [COPELAND (H.F.): The Classification of Lower Organisms, Pacific Books, Palo Alto, California, 1956, p. 31.]