Haloarculaceae

Haloarculaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Halobacteria
Order:
Halobacteriales
Family:
Haloarculaceae Gupta et al. 2016
Genera

Information based on LPSN 2021

Haloarculaceae is a family of halophilic and mostly chemoorganotrophic archaea within the order Halobacteriales.[1][2][3] The type genus of this family is Haloarcula.[4] Its biochemical characteristics are the same as the order Halobacteriales.

The name Haloarculaceae is derived from the Latin term Haloarcula, referring to the type genus of the family and the suffix "-ceae," an ending used to denote a family. Together, Haloarculaceae refers to a family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Haloarcula.

Current Taxonomy and Molecular Signatures

As of 2021, Haloarculaceae contains 10 validly published genera.[4] This family can be molecularly distinguished from other Halobacteria by the presence of 19 conserved signature proteins (CSPs) and seven conserved signature indels (CSIs) present in the following proteins: acetylglutamate kinase, ribonuclease R, metallo-beta-lactamase, tRNA modifying enzyme, carbamoyl phosphate synthase large subunit and hypothetical proteins.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gupta, Radhey S.; Naushad, Sohail; Fabros, Reena; Adeolu, Mobolaji (2016-02-02). "A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 109 (4): 565–587. doi:10.1007/s10482-016-0660-2. ISSN 0003-6072.
  2. ↑ Grant, William D.; Kamekura, Masahiro; McGenity, Terry J.; Ventosa, Antonio (2015-09-14). "Halobacteria class. nov". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria: 1–1. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.cbm00026.
  3. ↑ Oren, Aharon (2012-02-01). "Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae: a paradigm for changing concepts in prokaryote systematics". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (2): 263–271. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038653-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
  4. 1 2 "Family: Haloarculaceae". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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