Syntrophobacterales

The Syntrophobacterales are an order of the bacterial phylum Desulfobacterota.^[2] It is the only member of the class Syntrophobacteria.^[3] All genera are strictly anaerobic.^[4] Many members of the family Syntrophobacteraceae are sulfate-reducing. Some species are motile by using one polar flagellum.

Syntrophobacterales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Syntrophobacteria Waite et al. 2020
Order:	Syntrophobacterales Waite et al. 2020[1]
Families
"Desulfosomataceae" Syntrophobacteraceae Thermodesulforhabdaceae

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[5] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[6]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[7][8][9]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[10][11][12]
Desulfoglaeba Davidova et al. 2006 Thermodesulforhabdaceae Waite et al. 2020 "Desulfosomataceae" Pallen, Rodriguez-R & Alikhan 2022 Syntrophobacteraceae Kuever, Rainey & Widdel 2006	Thermodesulforhabdaceae Syntrophobacteraceae "Desulfosomataceae"

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera