Fusobacteriia Staley and Whitman 2012
General information
Name
Fusobacteriia
Valid publication
2012
Effective publication
2011
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Fusobacteria.
Fusobacteriia
Nomenclature type
Fusobacteriales
Etymology
N L. neut. n. <i>Fusobacterium</i>, type genus of the order <i>Fusobacteriales</i>; suff. -<i>ia</i>, ending proposed by Gibbons and Murray and by Stackebrandt et al. to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. <i>Fusobacteriia</i>, the <i>Fusobacterium</i> class.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The class Fusobacteria is described in part on the basis of phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of its members. The class contains facultative aerobic to obligately anaerobic organisms that stain as Gram-negative rods and ferment carbohydrates or amino acids and peptides to produce various organic acids including acetic, propionic, butyric, formic or succinic, depending on the substrate and species. Species occur in sediments as well as the oral or intestinal habitats of animals. Some species are human pathogens.
Subdivision(s)
References
1
Staley, J.M., and Whitman, W.B. Class I. Fusobacteriia class. nov. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 4 (The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrumicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes) (N.R. Krieg, J.T. Staley, D.R. Brown, B.P. Hedlund, B.J. Paster, N.L. Ward, W. Ludwig, and W.B. Whitman, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2011). p. 747.
2
Validation List No. 143. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2012) 62:1-4.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.039487-0]