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Caldicellulosiruptor

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Phylum
  
Firmicutes

Class
  
Clostridia Rainey 2010

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Thermoanaerobacteriales Wiegel 2010

Family
  
Thermoanaerobacterales Family III

Similar
  
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii, Clostridium thermocellum, Thermoanaerobacter, Thermotogae, Dictyoglomus thermophilum

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Caldicellulosiruptor is a genus of thermophilic, anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore forming bacteria. Originally placed within the highly polyphyletic class Clostridia, order Thermoanaerobacterales and family Thermoanaerobacterales Family III according to the NCBI and LPSN, it is now thought to lie outside of the Firmicutes.

Contents

Biofilm in a cstr with caldicellulosiruptor species


Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 by The All-Species Living Tree Project

Notes:
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN).

References

Caldicellulosiruptor Wikipedia