Deferribacteraceae
The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.[2]
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021[1] |
| Class: | Deferribacteres Huber and Stetter 2002 |
| Order: | Deferribacterales Huber and Stetter 2002 |
| Family: | Deferribacteraceae Huber and Stetter 2002 |
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Description
Deferribacteraceae are rod-shaped, although the rods may be straight or bent. They are gram-negative. Deferribacteraceae perform anaerobic respiration using iron, manganese, or nitrate. They can also produce energy by fermentation. The type genus of the family is Deferribacter.[2]
Taxonomy
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) [3] [4]
- Phylum Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021
- Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
- Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
- Family Deferribacteraceae Huber & Stetter 2002
- Genus Calditerrivibrio Iino et al. 2008
- Species Calditerrivibrio nitroreducens Iino et al. 2008
- Genus Denitrovibrio Myhr & Torsvik 2000
- Species Denitrovibrio acetiphilus Myhr & Torsvik 2000
- Genus Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997
- Species D. abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003
- Species D. autotrophicus Slobodkina et al. 2009
- Species D. desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003
- Species D. thermophilus Greene et al. 1997 (type sp.)
- Genus Flexistipes Fiala et al. 2000
- Species Flexistipes sinusarabici Fiala et al. 2000
- Genus Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000
- Species G. ferrireducens Caccavo et al. 2000 (type sp.)
- Species G. thiophilus Janssen et al. 2002
- Genus Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005
- Species Mucispirillum schaedleri Robertson et al. 2005
- Genus Seleniivibrio Rauschenbach et al. 2013
- Species Seleniivibrio woodruffii Rauschenbach et al. 2013
- Genus Calditerrivibrio Iino et al. 2008
- Family Deferribacteraceae Huber & Stetter 2002
- Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
- Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
History
The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.[2]
References
- Oren A, Garrity GM (2021). "Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 71 (10): 5056. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005056. PMID 34694987.
- Huber, H., and Stetter, K.O. "Family I. Deferribacteraceae fam. nov." In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (D.R. Boone and R.W. Castenholz, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2001). pp. 465-466.
- See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from the "Deferribacteres". Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- See the NCBI webpage on Deferribacteres Data extracted from the "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
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