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Marinilabiliaceae

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Bacteroidetes

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Bacteroidetes

Order
  
Bacteroidales

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The Marinilabiliaceae are a family of bacteria.

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Characteristics

The cells are thin, flexible rods. Mostly species are motile by gliding. They are saccharolytic and need NaCl for growing.

Metabolismen

All species of Marinilabiliaceae are heterotrophic, they do not perform photosynthesis. The genera Alkaliflexus and Anaerophaga as well as some other genera have a strictly fermentative metabolism. Marinilabilia is facultatively anaerobic. It has respiratory and fermentative types of metabolism.

Systematics

The Marinilabiliaceae consists of the following genera:

  • Alkaliflexus
  • Alkalitalea
  • Anaerophaga
  • Geofilum
  • Mangroviflexus
  • Marinilabilia
  • Natronoflexus
  • Thermophagus
  • References

    Marinilabiliaceae Wikipedia