Fusobacteriales Staley and Whitman 2012
General information
Name
Fusobacteriales
Valid publication
2012
Effective publication
2011
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Fusobacteria.
Fusobacteriia.
Fusobacteriales
Nomenclature type
Fusobacterium
Etymology
N.L. neut. n. <i>Fusobacterium</i>, type genus of the order; suff. -<i>ales</i>, ending denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Fusobacteriales</i>, the <i>Fusobacterium</i> order.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The order Fusobacteriales is described in part on the basis of phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of its members. The order contains facultative aerobic to obligately anaerobic organisms that stain as Gram-negative rods. All described species are nonmotile and fermentative. Organisms 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 anoxic environments including sediments as well as the oral or intestinal habitats of animals, including mammals. Some species are pathogenic to humans.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M0218010101 | Fusobacteriaceae | Family | 203492 |
M0218010102 | Leptotrichiaceae | Family | 1129771 |
References
1
Staley, J.M., and Whitman, W.B. Order I. Fusobacteriales or. 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]