Coprothermobacterota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Coprothermobacterota
Pavan et al. 2021[1]
Class

Coprothermobacteria

Synonyms
  • "Coprothermobacterota" Pavan et al. 2018

Coprothermobacterota is a phylum of nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria.[2]

Its members are strictly anaerobic and thermophilic, growing at optimal temperatures between 55 °C and 70 °C.[3]

The name of this phylum is based on an early genus, dubbed "Coprothermobacter", a term whose etymology derives from the Greek words "kopros", meaning manure, and "thermos", warm, referring to the fact that these bacteria are capable of living at relatively high temperatures, with a maximum growth temperature of 75 °C.[4]

Notes

In October 2021, the name of this phylum has been accepted as validly published, according to the emendations of the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes proposed to include the rank of phylum.[5]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Pavan, María Elisa; Pavan, Esteban E.; Glaeser, Stefanie P.; Etchebehere, Claudia; Kämpfer, Peter; Pettinari, María Julia; López, Nancy I. (May 2018). "Proposal for a new classification of a deep branching bacterial phylogenetic lineage: Transfer of Coprothermobacter proteolyticus and Coprothermobacter platensis to Coprothermobacteraceae fam. nov., within Coprothermobacterales ord. nov., Coprothermobacteria classis nov. and Coprothermobacterota phyl. nov. and emended description of the family Thermodesulfobiaceae". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 68 (5): 1627–1632. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002720. hdl:11336/93872. PMID 29595416. S2CID 4470260.
  3. ^ Ollivier, Bernard; Garcia, Jean-Louis (2015-09-14), "Coprothermobacter", Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 1–6, doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00752, ISBN 9781118960608
  4. ^ Rainey, Fred A.; Stackebrandt, Erko (1993). "Transfer of the Type Species of the Genus Thermobacteroides to the Genus Thermoanaerobacter as Thermoanaerobacter acetoethylicus(Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1981) comb. nov., Description of Coprothermobacter gen. nov., and Reclassification of Thermobacteroides proteolyticus as Coprothermobacter proteolyticus(Ollivier et al. 1985) comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 43 (4): 857–859. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-4-857.
  5. ^ Oren, Aharon; Garrity, George M. (2021). "Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 71 (10): 3956–4042. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005056. PMID 34694987.


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