H alobacteriaceae

Abstract Ha.lo.bac.te.ri.a.ce'ae. N.L. neut. n. Halobacterium type genus of the family; ‐ aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Halobacteriaceae the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Halobacterium . The family Halobacteriaceae consists of 11 genera: Halobacterium (the type genus), Haladaptatus , Halalkalicoccus , Halarchaeum , Haloarchaeobius , Halomarina , Halorubellus , Halorussus , Halovenus , Natronoarchaeum , and Salarchaeum . All members of the family are neutrophilic or alkaliphilic extremely halophilic Archaea, mostly red‐pink pigmented and generally leading an aerobic life style. Before 2015, the Halobacteriaceae was the only family in the class Halobacteria . In 2015, the family was split into three orders and six families based on phylogenomic analyses. Taxonomic and Nomenclature Notes According to the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the taxonomic status of the family Halobacteriaceae is: correct name (last update, February 2025) * . LPSN classification: Archaea / Methanobacteriati / Methanobacteriota / Halobacteria / Halobacteriales / Halobacteriaceae The family Halobacteriaceae can also be recovered in the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) as f__Halobacteriaceae (version v220) ** . GTDB classification: d__Archaea / p__Halobacteriota / c__Halobacteria / o__Halobacteriales / f__Halobacteriaceae * 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