title: Recommended minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Halomonadaceae.
abstract: Following Recommendation 30b of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), a proposal of minimal standards for describing new taxa within the family Halomonadaceae is presented. An effort has been made to evaluate as many different approaches as possible, not only the most conventional ones, to ensure that a rich polyphasic characterization is given. Comments are given on the advantages of each particular technique. The minimal standards are considered as guidelines for authors to prepare descriptions of novel taxa. The proposals presented here have been endorsed by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae.
authors.affiliation: Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) and Department of Microbiology and Ecology, University of Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Arahal
authors.affiliation: Ancient Biomaterials Institute and Department of Biology, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383, USA.
authors.forename: Russell H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Vreeland
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA.
authors.forename: Carol D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Litchfield
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401, USA.
authors.forename: Melanie R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mormile
authors.affiliation: German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ), Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tindall
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Aharon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oren
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bejar
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quesada
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ventosa
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods*; D044129:Halomonadaceae / Q000145:classification*; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000592:standards*