Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Editor list: Whitman, WB

Publication year: 2019

eISBN: 978-1-118-96060-8

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.fbm00316

Abstract: 

Co.pro.ther.mo.bac.te.ra.ce'ae. N.L. masc. n. Coprothermobacter type genus of the family; -aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Coprothermobacteraceae the family of Coprothermobacter.

Coprothermobacterota / Coprothermobacteria / Coprothermobacterales / Coprothermobacteraceae

Rod-shaped cells. Stains Gram-negative. Nonmotile. No spore formation. Strictly anaerobic. Thermophilic. Chemoorganotrophs. Proteolytic fermenters that produce acetic acid, H₂, and CO₂ as the main end products. Able to reduce thiosulfate, but not sulfate, to sulfide. Deep-branching bacterial phylogenetic lineage based on 16S rRNA genes and phylogenomic analyses (see Coprothermobacterota). Coprothermobacteraceae is the only family of the order Coprothermobacterales. The family currently accommodates a single genus, Coprothermobacter.

DNA G+C content (mol%): 42.5–44.8.

Type genus: Coprothermobacter Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993, 858^VP.

Harvard Citation style: Pavan, M., Pavan, E., Kämpfer, P., Pettinari, M. and López, N. (2019) Coprothermobacteracae, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.fbm00316

APA Citation style: Pavan, M., Pavan, E., Kämpfer, P., Pettinari, M., & López, N. (2019). Coprothermobacteracae. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.fbm00316