Haloferacaceae
{{Short description|Family of bacteria}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Haloquadratum walsbyi00.jpg
| image_caption = Haloquadratum walsbyi
| taxon = Haloferacaceae
| authority = Gupta et al. 2015
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
- Halegenticoccus
- Halobellus
- Haloferax
- Halogeometricum
- Halogranum
- Haloparvum
- Halopelagius
- Haloplanus
- Haloprofundus
- Haloquadratum
}}
Haloferacaceae is a family of halophilic, chemoorganotrophic or heterotrophic archaea within the order Haloferacales.{{Cite journal|last1=Gupta|first1=Radhey S.|last2=Naushad|first2=Sohail|last3=Baker|first3=Sheridan|date=2015-03-01|title=Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov.|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=65|issue=Pt_3|pages=1050–1069|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.070136-0|pmid=25428416|issn=1466-5026|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Grant|first1=William D.|last2=Kamekura|first2=Masahiro|last3=McGenity|first3=Terry J.|last4=Ventosa|first4=Antonio|date=2015-09-14|title=Halobacteria class. nov.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.cbm00026|journal=Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria|pages=1|doi=10.1002/9781118960608.cbm00026|isbn=9781118960608|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last=Oren|first=Aharon|date=2012-02-01|title=Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae: a paradigm for changing concepts in prokaryote systematics|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=62|issue=2|pages=263–271|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.038653-0|pmid=22155757|issn=1466-5026|doi-access=free}} The type genus of this family is Haloferax. Its biochemical characteristics are the same as the order Haloferacales.
The name Haloferacaceae is derived from the Latin term Haloferax, referring to the type genus of the family and the suffix "-ceae", an ending used to denote a family. Together, Haloferacaceae refers to a family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Haloferax.
Taxonomy and molecular signatures
As of 2021, Haloferacaceae contains 10 validly published genera. This family can be molecularly distinguished from other Halobacteria by the presence of five conserved signature proteins (CSPs) and four conserved signature indels (CSIs) present in the following proteins: thermosome, ribonuclease BN and hypothetical proteins.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN){{cite web |author=A.C. Parte |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/family/haloferacaceae |title=Haloferacaceae |accessdate=2021-11-17 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) |display-authors=et al.}} and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).{{cite web |author=C.L. Schoch |display-authors=et al.| url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=1644056&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Haloferacaceae |accessdate=2022-06-05 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database}}
Note: * Haloferacaceae
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