Caldithrix

Caldithrix is a genus of thermophilic and anaerobic bacteria, currently assigned to its own phylum.

Caldithrix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Calditrichota Kublanov et al. 2021[1]
Class:	Calditrichia Kublanov et al. 2022
Order:	Calditrichales Kublanov et al. 2020[2][3]
Family:	Calditrichaceae Kublanov et al. 2020[2][3]
Genus:	Caldithrix Miroshnichenko et al. 2003[4]
Type species
Caldithrix abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003[4]
Species[5]
C. abyssi C. palaeochoryensis
Synonyms
Calditrichota: "Calditrichaeota" Kublanov et al. 2017 "Calditrichota" Youssef et al. 2019 "Calditrichae": "Calditrichia" Cavalier-Smith 2020

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera