Desulfurococcales Explained

The Desulfurococcales is an order of the Thermoprotei, part of the kingdom Archaea. The order encompasses some genera which are all thermophilic, autotrophs which utilise chemical energy, typically by reducing sulfur compounds using hydrogen. ^[1] Desulfurococcales cells are either regular or irregular coccus in shape, with forms of either discs or dishes. These cells can be single, in pairs, in short chains, or in aciniform formation. ^[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[4]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

Scientific journals

• Cavalier-Smith . T . 2002 . The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 52 . 7 - 76 . 11837318 . Pt 1 . 10.1099/00207713-52-1-7. free .
• Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO . 1997 . Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 47 . 657 - 660 . 9226896 . 10.1099/00207713-47-3-657 . 3. free .

Scientific books

• Book: Huber H, Stetter KO . 2001 . Order II. Desulfurococcales ord. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria . 2nd . DR Boone . RW Castenholz . 169 . . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . https://archive.org/details/bergeysmanualofs00boon/page/169 .
• Book: Reysenbach, A-L . 2001 . Class I. Thermoprotei class. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria . 2nd . DR Boone . RW Castenholz . 169 . Springer Verlag . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . https://archive.org/details/bergeysmanualofs00boon/page/169 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Encyclopedia of Microbiology. 341–356. 2009. Academic Press. 10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00049-3. Third.
2. Huber, H., Stetter, K.O. (2006). Desulfurococcales. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30743-5_4
3. Web site: Euzéby. J. P.. Desulfurococcaceae. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130127030659/http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/classifphyla.html#Crenarchaeota. 2013-01-27. 2013-08-07. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).
4. Web site: Sayers. etal. Desulfurococcaceae. 2013-08-07. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database.
5. Web site: The LTP . 10 May 2023.
6. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 10 May 2023.
7. Web site: LTP_06_2022 Release Notes. 10 May 2023.
8. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
9. Web site: ar53_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
10. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.