Bacteriovoracales Hahn et al. 2017
General information
Name
Bacteriovoracales
Valid publication
2017
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Proteobacteria.
Oligoflexia.
Bacteriovoracales
Nomenclature type
Bacteriovorax
Etymology
N.L. masc. n. <i>Bacteriovorax</i> type genus of the family; suff. -<i>ales</i> ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Bacteriovoracales</i> the order of the genus <i>Bacteriovorax</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Encompasses the families Bacteriovoracaceae and Halobacteriovoraceae. The description of the order is based on the descriptions of the families. This order is composed of Gram-negative, vibroid bacteria. They are obligate or facultative predators of various Gram-negative bacteria. The order belongs to the class Oligoflexia.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
MSG083875 | 'Bacteriovoracacea sp.' | Species | |
M0225080101 | Bacteriovoracaceae | Family | 263369 |
M0225080102 | Halobacteriovoraceae | Family | 1652132 |
References
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Hahn, M.W., Schmidt, J., Koll, U., Rohde, M., Verbarg, S., Pitt, A., Nakai, R., Naganuma, T., and Lang, E. Silvanigrella aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, description of Silvanigrellaceae fam. nov. and Silvanigrellales ord. nov., reclassification of the order Bdellovibrionales in the class Oligoflexia, reclassification of the families Bacteriovoracaceae and Halobacteriovoraceae in the new order Bacteriovoracales ord. nov., and reclassification of the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae in the order Oligoflexales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 6:2555-2568.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001965]
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[PMCID:PMC5627705]