Coprothermobacteria Explained

Coprothermobacteria is a taxonomic class of bacteria in the phylum Coprothermobacterota.[1]

Currently, this class is represented by a single order of bacteria, with only one family to which belongs a genus (Coprothermobacter) of non-motile, rod-shaped microorganisms that stain Gram-negative, are non-spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, thermophilic and chemoautotroph.

Notes and References

  1. Pavan. María Elisa. Pavan. Esteban E.. Glaeser. Stefanie P.. Etchebehere. Claudia. Kämpfer. Peter. Pettinari. María Julia. López. Nancy I.. 2018. Proposal for a new classification of a deep branching bacterial phylogenetic lineage: transfer of Coprothermobacter proteolyticus and Coprothermobacter platensis to Coprothermobacteraceae fam. nov., within Coprothermobacterales ord. nov., Coprothermobacteria classis nov. and Coprothermobacterota phyl. nov. and emended description of the family Thermodesulfobiaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68. 5. 1627–1632. 10.1099/ijsem.0.002720. 29595416. free. 11336/93872. free.

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