Deferribacteraceae

The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.^[2]

Deferribacteraceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021[1]
Class:	Deferribacteres Huber and Stetter 2002
Order:	Deferribacterales Huber and Stetter 2002
Family:	Deferribacteraceae Huber and Stetter 2002
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Deferribacterota: "Deferribacteres" Garrity and Holt 2001 "Deferribacterota" Whitman et al. 2018 "Deferribacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 Deferribacteres: Ferrobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 "Deferribacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020 Deferribacterales: Geovibriales (sic) Cavalier-Smith 2002

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.^[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) ^{[3] [4]}

• Phylum Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021
  • Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
    • Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
      • Genus ?"Ca. Rimicarispirillum" Aubé et al. 2022
      • 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

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[5][6][7]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[8][9][10]

Deferribacterales Geovibrionaceae Limisalsivibrio Spring et al. 2022 Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000 Denitrovibrio Myhr & Torsvik 2000 Seleniivibrio Rauschenbach et al. 2013 Mucispirillaceae Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005 Calditerrivibrionaceae Calditerrivibrio Iino et al. 2008 Deferrivibrionaceae Deferrivibrio Zavarzina et al. 2023 Petrothermobacter Tamazawa et al. 2017 Flexistipitaceae Flexistipes Fiala et al. 2000 Deferribacteraceae Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997

Deferribacterales Mucispirillaceae Mucispirillum Geovibrionaceae Limisalsivibrio Geovibrio Denitrovibrio Seleniivibrio Flexistipitaceae Flexistipes Calditerrivibrionaceae Calditerrivibrio Deferrivibrionaceae Deferrivibrio Deferribacteraceae Deferribacter

History

The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.^[2]

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera