Thermodesulfobacteria

The Thermodesulfobacteria are a phylum[1] of thermophilic[2] sulfate-reducing bacteria.

Thermodesulfobacteria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteria Garrity & Holt 2002
Class:	Thermodesulfobacteria Hatchikian, Ollivier & Garcia 2002
Order:	Thermodesulfobacteriales Hatchikian, Ollivier & Garcia 2002
Family:	Thermodesulfobacteriaceae Hatchikian, Ollivier & Garcia 2002
Genera
Caldimicrobium "Geothermobacterium" ♠ Thermodesulfatator Thermodesulfobacterium Thermosulfurimonas
Synonyms
Thermodesulfobacteraeota Oren et al. 2015

Phylogeny

See also: Bacterial taxonomy

The phylogeny based on the work of the All-Species Living Tree Project.[3]

	Thermodesulfatator   T. atlanticus     T. indicus (type sp.)         Thermosulfurimonas dismutans       Caldimicrobium rimae   Thermodesulfobacterium   T. hydrogeniphilum       T. commune (type sp.)       T. hveragerdense     T. thermophilum

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)[4] and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[5]

• Phylum Thermodesulfobacteria Garrity and Holt 2002 [Thermodesulfobacteraeota Oren et al. 2015]
  • Class Thermodesulfobacteria Hatchikian, Ollivier & Garcia 2002
    • Order Thermodesulfobacteriales Hatchikian, Ollivier & Garcia 2002
      • Family Thermodesulfobacteriaceae Hatchikian, Ollivier & Garcia 2002
        • Genus Caldimicrobium Miroshnichenko et al. 2009
          • Species C. rimae Miroshnichenko et al. 2009
          • Species C. thiodismutans Kojima, Umezawa & Fukui 2016
        • Genus "Geothermobacterium" ♠ Kashefi et al. 2002
          • Species "Geothermobacterium ferrireducens" ♠ Kashefi et al. 2002
        • Genus Thermodesulfatator Moussard et al. 2004
          • Species ?T. autotrophicus Lai et al. 2016
          • Species T. atlanticus Alain et al. 2010
          • Species T. indicus Moussard et al. 2004 (type sp.)
        • Genus Thermodesulfobacterium Zeikus et al. 1995 emend. Jeanthon et al. 2002
          • Species "T. geofontis" ♠ Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2013 (in press)
          • Species T. hydrogeniphilum Jeanthon et al. 2002
          • Species T. commune Zeikus et al. 1995 (type sp.)
          • Species T. hveragerdense Sonne-Hansen and Ahring 2000
          • Species T. thermophilum (Rozanova and Khudyakova 1974) Rozanova and Pivovarova 1995 [Desulfovibrio thermophilus Rozanova & Khudyakova 1974; Thermodesulfobacterium mobile (Rozanova & Khudyakova 1974) Rozanova & Pivovarova 1991]
        • Genus Thermosulfurimonas Slobodkin et al. 2012
          • Species Thermosulfurimonas dismutans Slobodkin et al. 2012

Notes:
♠ Strain found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)

References

1. Vick TJ, Dodsworth JA, Costa KC, Shock EL, Hedlund BP (March 2010). "Microbiology and geochemistry of Little Hot Creek, a hot spring environment in the Long Valley Caldera". Geobiology. 8 (2): 140–54. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00228.x. PMID 20002204.
2. Jeanthon C, L'Haridon S, Cueff V, Banta A, Reysenbach AL, Prieur D (May 2002). "Thermodesulfobacterium hydrogeniphilum sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent at Guaymas Basin, and emendation of the genus Thermodesulfobacterium". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52 (Pt 3): 765–72. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02025-0. PMID 12054236.
3. "16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
4. J.P. Euzéby. "Thermodesulfobacteria". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2016-03-20.
5. Sayers; et al. "Thermodesulfobacteria". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2016-03-20.