Deferribacteraceae Explained

The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.^[1]

Description

Deferribacteraceae are rod-shaped, although the rods may be straight or bent. They are gram-negative. Deferribacteraceae perform anaerobic respiration using iron, manganese, or nitrate. They can also produce energy by fermentation. The type genus of the family is Deferribacter.^[1]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) ^{[2] [3]}

• Phylum Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021
  • Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
    • Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
      • Genus ?Petrothermobacter Tamazawa et al. 2017
      • Family Calditerrivibrionaceae Spring et al. 2022
      • Family Deferribacteraceae Huber & Stetter 2002
      • Family Deferrivibrionaceae Zavarzina et al. 2023
      • Family Flexistipitaceae Spring et al. 2022
      • Family Geovibrionaceae Cavalier-Smith 2020
      • Family Mucispirillaceae Spring et al. 2022

History

The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.^[1]

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

Notes and References

1. Huber, H., and Stetter, K.O. "Family I. Deferribacteraceae fam. nov." In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (D.R. Boone and R.W. Castenholz, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2001). pp. 465-466.
2. See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from the Web site: Deferribacteres . 2013-03-20.
3. See the NCBI webpage on Deferribacteres Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI Taxonomy Browser . . 2013-03-20.
4. Web site: The LTP . 20 November 2023.
5. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 20 November 2023.
6. Web site: LTP_08_2023 Release Notes. 20 November 2023.
7. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
8. Web site: bac120_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
9. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.