Oligoflexales Nakai et al. 2014
General information
Name
Oligoflexales
Valid publication
2014
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Proteobacteria.
Oligoflexia.
Oligoflexales
Nomenclature type
Oligoflexus
Etymology
N.L. masc. n. <i>Oligoflexus</i>, type genus of the order; suff. -<i>ales</i>, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Oligoflexales</i>, the order of the genus <i>Oligoflexus</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The description is the same as for the genus Oligoflexus.
Emendation
Emendation 1
1: Encompasses the families Oligoflexaceae and Pseudobacteriovoracaceae. The description is based on the descriptions of the genera Oligoflexus and Pseudobacteriovorax. Gram-stain-negative, chemoorganoheterotrophs; obligate aerobes; pleomorphic including filamentous stages.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
MSG086754 | 'Bdellovibrionota_B bacterium' | Species | |
MSG071997 | 'Oligoflexales bacterium' | Species | |
M0225080301 | Oligoflexaceae | Family | 1553902 |
M0225080302 | Pseudobacteriovoracaceae | Family | 1769745 |
References
1
Nakai, R., Nishijima, M., Tazato, N., Handa, Y., Karray, F., Sayadi, S., Isoda, H., and Naganuma, T. Oligoflexus tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative, aerobic, filamentous bacterium of a novel proteobacterial lineage, and description of Oligoflexaceae fam. nov., Oligoflexales ord. nov. and Oligoflexia classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:3353-3359.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.060798-0]
[PMID:25013226]
2
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) 67:2555-2568.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001965]
[PMID:28771119]