Halococcaceae
Family in the order Halobacteriales
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Halococcaceae, from Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), meaning "salt", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "berry", is a family of halophilic and mostly chemoorganotrophic archaea within the order Halobacteriales.[2][3][4] The type genus of this family is Halococcus.[1] Its biochemical characteristics are the same as the order Halobacteriales.
| Halococcaceae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | Halobacteria |
| Order: | Halobacteriales |
| Family: | Halococcaceae Gupta et al. 2016[1] |
| Genus | |
The name Halococcaceae is derived from the Latin term Halococcus, referring to the type genus of the family and the suffix "-ceae", an ending used to denote a family. Together, Halococcaceae refers to a family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Halococcus.
Current Taxonomy and Molecular Signatures
As of 2021, Halococcaceae contains a single validly published genus, Halococcus.[5] This family can be molecularly distinguished from other Halobacteria by the presence of 23 conserved signature proteins (CSPs) and nine conserved signature indels (CSIs) present in the following proteins: DNA gyrase subunit B, chaperone protein DnaK, HAD-superfamily hydrolase, glycosyltransferase, 2-Succinyl-6-hydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylate synthase, iron-regulated ABC transporter, glycine dehydrogenase subunit 2, GMP synthase and a hypothetical protein.[2]
