Cytophagales

Cytophagales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Cytophagia
Nakagawa 2012[2]
Order: Cytophagales
Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Families[3]
Synonyms
  • Cyclobacteriales Perfiliev & Gabe 1961

Cytophagales is an order of non-spore forming, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacteria that move through a gliding or flexing motion.[4] These chemoorganotrophs are important remineralizers of organic materials into micronutrients.[5] They are widely dispersed in the environment, found in ecosystems including soil, freshwater, seawater and sea ice.[4] Cytophagales is included in the Bacteroidota phylum.[6]

  1. ^ Leadbetter ER (1974). "Family I. Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940, 630, emend. mut. char.". In Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (8th ed.). Baltimore, MD: The Williams and Wilkins Co. pp. 99–127.
  2. ^ Nakagawa Y (2010). "Class IV. Cytophagia class. nov.". In Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 4 (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. p. 370.
  3. ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Cytophagia". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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