J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Family Picrophilaceae
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"
Picrophilaceae Schleper et al. 1996 (complete authorship reads: Schleper, Zillig and Pühler), fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Picrophilus Schleper et al. 1996.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Picrophilus, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Picrophilaceae, the Picrophilus family.
Reference: SCHLEPER (C.), PÜHLER (G.), KLENK (H.P.) and ZILLIG (W.): Picrophilus oshimae and Picrophilus torridus fam. nov., gen. nov., sp. nov., two species of hyperacidophilic, thermophilic, heterotrophic, aerobic archaea. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 814-816.
Original article in IJSEM Online
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