title: Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae: a paradigm for changing concepts in prokaryote systematics.
abstract: The halophilic Archaea of the family Halobacteriaceae (36 genera with 129 species with standing in nomenclature as of November 2011) provide an excellent example of how changing concepts on prokaryote taxonomy and the development of new methods have influenced the way in which the taxonomy of a single group of prokaryotes is treated. This review gives an overview of the taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae, showing the impact that methods of phenotypic characterization, numerical taxonomy, chemotaxonomy and especially polar lipid analysis, 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, multilocus type analysis and comparative genomics have had on their classification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, the Institute of Life Sciences, and the Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Aharon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oren
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D023281:Genomics; D006216:Halobacteriaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010641:Phenotype; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells / Q000145:classification; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S