Coprothermobacterales is a taxonomic order of thermophilic bacteria in the class Coprothermobacteria of the phylum Coprothermobacterota.[1][2]

Coprothermobacterales
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Coprothermobacterota
Class: Coprothermobacteria
Order: Coprothermobacterales
Pavan et al. 2018
Family

Coprothermobacteraceae

Its name derives from the type genus of this order, Coprothermobacter, with the ending suffix '-ales', to denote an order.[1]

The bacteria of this order have a rod-shaped morphology, do not produce spores, are nonmotile, strictly anaerobic and, being thermophiles, grow at temperature ranges above 35°C and below 70°C, for a pH between 5.0 and 9.4. Moreover, these bacteria are chemoorganotrophs and proteolytic fermenters, which produce acetic acid, H2, and CO2 as main end-products of fermentation.[3]


References

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  1. ^ a b Pavan, María Elisa; Pavan, Esteban E.; Glaeser, Stefanie P.; Etchebehere, Claudia; Kämpfer, Peter; Pettinari, María Julia; López, Nancy I. (2018). "Proposal for a new classification of a deep branching bacterial phylogenetic lineage: transfer of Coprothermobacter proteolyticus and Coprothermobacter platensis to Coprothermobacteraceae fam. nov., within Coprothermobacterales ord. nov., Coprothermobacteria classis nov. and Coprothermobacterota phyl. nov. and emended description of the family Thermodesulfobiaceae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (5): 1627–1632. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002720. hdl:11336/93872. PMID 29595416.
  2. ^ Oren, Aharon; Garrity, George M. (2018). "Notification that new names of prokaryotes, new combinations, and new taxonomic opinions have appeared in volume 68, part 5, of the IJSEM". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (8): 2413–2415. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002798. PMC 4772589. PMID 30073945.
  3. ^ Pavan, María E.; Pavan, Esteban E.; Kämpfer, Peter; Pettinari, M. Julia; López, Nancy I. (2019-06-27), "Coprothermobacterales", Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, p. 1, doi:10.1002/9781118960608.obm00155, ISBN 9781118960608