Desulfuribacillales ord. nov.

Book chapter (2020)

Authors

Dimitry Y. Sorokin BT/Environmental Biotechnology - AS
Alexander Merkel Federal Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Christopher Abin University of Oklahoma
Research Group
BT/Environmental Biotechnology (AS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

BT/Biotechnologie

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BT/Environmental Biotechnology

Abstract

De.sul.fu.ri.ba.cil.la’les. N.L. masc. n. Desulfuribacillales, the order of the genus Desulfuribacillus.
Order Desulfuribacillales is the only order of the class Desulfuribacillia, which forms a deep-branching phylogenetic lineage at the base of the phylum Firmicutes. It consists of a single-family Desulfuribacillaceae and a genus Desulfuribacillus, whose species are haloalkaliphilic anaerobes with a respiratory metabolism. DNA G +C content (mol%): 37.5–38.2 (genome). Type genus: Desulfuribacillus Sorokin et al. 2014, VL160.