Deferribacteraceae

Deferribacteraceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Deferribacterota
Garrity and Holt 2021
Class: Deferribacteres
Huber and Stetter 2002
Order: Deferribacterales
Huber and Stetter 2002
Family: Deferribacteraceae
Huber and Stetter 2002
Genera
Synonyms
  • Deferribacterota:
    • "Deferribacteres" Garrity and Holt 2001
    • "Deferribacterota" Whitman et al. 2018
    • "Deferribacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015
  • Deferribacteres:
    • Ferrobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002
    • "Deferribacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020
  • Deferribacterales:
    • Geovibriales (sic) Cavalier-Smith 2002

The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.

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.

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_12_2021 120 single copy marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214
Deferribacteraceae

Flexistipes

Deferribacter

Mucispirillum

Calditerrivibrio

Petrothermobacter

Geovibrio

Denitrovibrio

Seleniivibrio

Deferribacterales
Flexistipitaceae

Flexistipes

Calditerrivibrionaceae

Calditerrivibrio

"Deferrivibrionaceae"

"Deferrivibrio"

Deferribacteraceae

Deferribacter

Mucispirillaceae

Mucispirillum

Geovibrionaceae

Limisalsivibrio

Geovibrio

Denitrovibrio

Seleniivibrio

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)

  • Phylum Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021
    • Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
      • Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
        • Genus ?Petrothermobacter Tamazawa et al. 2017
        • Family "Calditerrivibrionaceae" Spring et al. 2022
        • Family Deferribacteraceae Huber & Stetter 2002
        • Family "Deferrivibrionaceae" Zavarzina et al. 2022
          • Genus "Deferrivibrio" Zavarzina et al. 2022
        • Family "Flexistipitaceae" Spring et al. 2022
          • Genus Flexistipes Fiala et al. 2000
        • Family "Geovibrionaceae" Cavalier-Smith 2020
          • Genus Denitrovibrio Myhr & Torsvik 2000
          • Genus Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000
          • Genus "Limisalsivibrio" Spring et al. 2022
          • Genus Seleniivibrio Rauschenbach et al. 2013
        • Family "Mucispirillaceae" Spring et al. 2022

History

The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.

See also


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