Recommended minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Halomonadaceae.
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.
Arahal
David R
DR
Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) and Department of Microbiology and Ecology, University of Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain.
Vreeland
Russell H
RH
Ancient Biomaterials Institute and Department of Biology, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383, USA.
Litchfield
Carol D
CD
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA.
Mormile
Melanie R
MR
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401, USA.
Tindall
Brian J
BJ
German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ), Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
Oren
Aharon
A
The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel.
Bejar
Victoria
V
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Quesada
Emilia
E
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Ventosa
Antonio
A
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods*; D044129:Halomonadaceae / Q000145:classification*; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000592:standards*