Schleiferiaceae Albuquerque et al. 2011
General information
Name
Schleiferiaceae
Valid publication
2011
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Bacteroidetes.
Flavobacteriia.
Flavobacteriales.
Schleiferiaceae
Nomenclature type
Schleiferia
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Schleiferia</i>, type genus of the family; suff. -<i>aceae</i>, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Schleiferiaceae</i>, family of the genus <i>Schleiferia</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-negative and very short rod-shaped. Endospores are not formed. Slightly thermophilic. Major respiratory quinone is menaquinone 6 (MK-6). The family Schleiferiaceae belongs to the Phylum 'Bacteroidetes'.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M020504010601 | Schleiferia | Genus | 1333716 |
References
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Albuquerque, L., Rainey, F.A., Nobre, M.F., and da Costa, M.S. Schleiferia thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic bacterium of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes' and the proposal of Schleiferiaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2011) 61:2450-2455.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.028852-0]
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