Chloroflexi

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, plural of Chloroflexus, the first genus in the group to be discovered

Proper noun

Chloroflexi

1. green non-sulfur bacteria
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Posibacteria – now Chloroflexota.
   2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Chloroflexota – now Chloroflexia.

Usage notes

• Circumscription of the phylum is uncertain, with possibly only classes Chloroflexia and Thermomicrobia belonging in the phylum

Synonyms

• (phylum): Chlorobacteria, Chloroflexota

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Anaerolineae, Caldilineae, Chloroflexia, Dehalococcoidetes, Ktedonobacteria, Thermomicrobia – classes
• (class): Chloroflexales, Herpetosiphonales – orders

References

• Chloroflexi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chloroflexi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chloroflexi at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI