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.obm00155

Abstract: 

Co.pro.ther.mo.bac.te.ra'les. N.L. masc. n. Coprothermobacter type genus of the order; -ales ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Coprothermobacterales the order of the genus Coprothermobacter.

Coprothermobacterota / Coprothermobacteria / Coprothermobacterales

The order Coprothermobacterales belonging to the phylum Coprothermobacterota constitutes one of the primary lines of descent in the bacterial domain. The order is currently represented by a single family and genus. Nonmotile rods. Stains Gram-negative. Non-spore-forming. 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.

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

Harvard Citation style: Pavan, M., Pavan, E., Kämpfer, P., Pettinari, M. and López, N. (2019) Coprothermobacterales, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.obm00155

APA Citation style: Pavan, M., Pavan, E., Kämpfer, P., Pettinari, M., & López, N. (2019). Coprothermobacterales. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.obm00155