Caldithrix

Caldithrix is a genus of thermophilic and anaerobic bacterium that are difficult to assign to any particular Eubacterial phyla. According to 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project Caldithrix is a member of Sphingobacteria,[2] whereas the LPSN assigns it as an unclassified Deferribacterales[3] and the NCBI considers it an unclassified Bacteria.[4]

Caldithrix
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Subkingdom:
Eubacteria
Superphylum:
Phylum:
Calditrichaeota
Class:
Calditrichae
Order:
Calditrichales
Family:
Calditrichaceae
Genus:
Caldithrix

Miroshnichenko et al. 2003[1]
Species
  • C. abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003
  • C. palaeochoryensis Miroshnichenko et al. 2010

References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Caldithrix". www.bacterio.net.
  2. See 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project . Data extracted from the "16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  3. See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from the "Deferribacteres". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  4. See the NCBI webpage on Caldithrix Data extracted from the "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
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