Dethiobacterales ord. nov.

Book chapter (2022)

Authors

Dimitry Y. Sorokin BT/Environmental Biotechnology - AS
Alexander Y. Merkel Russian Academy of Sciences
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BT/Environmental Biotechnology (AS) (TU Delft)
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2022

Language

English

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Applied Sciences

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BT/Biotechnologie

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BT/Environmental Biotechnology

Abstract

De.thi’o.bac.ter.a.les. N.L.masc. n. Dethiobacter, the type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dethiobacterales, the order of the genus Dethiobacter. The order Dethiobacterales is the only order of the class Dethiobacteria, which forms a deep-branching phylogenetic lineage within the phylum “Firmicutes D.” It consists of a single family Dethiobacteraceae and genus Dethiobacter, whose members are haloalkaliphilic anaerobes with a respiratory metabolism.