Fusobacteria Garrity and Holt 2001
General information
Name
Fusobacteria
Valid publication
2012
Effective publication
2001
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Fusobacteria
Nomenclature type
Fusobacteriales
Etymology
N.L. neut. n. <i>Fusobacterium</i>, genus of the phylum with ending -<i>ia</i> to denote phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. <i>Fusobacteriia</i>, the phylum of <i>Fusobacterium</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The Fusobacteria represent a line of descent within the ARB and RDP trees that, according to Ludwig and Klenk, contains three subclusters. Our PCA analysis showed the group to be quite heterogeneous, with a main cluster located in a region adjacent to the Leptospiraceae, but the remaining genera widely dispersed across the region occupied by the Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes. It is unclear at this time whether this is attributable to the inclusion of sequences derived from misidentified or misplaced species in our model. At present, we recognize a single class, order, and family. Phenotypically, Fusobacteria are homogeneous and are characterized as anaerobic, Gram-negative rods with a chemoorganotrophic heterotrophic metabolism.
Subdivision(s)
References
1
Garrity, G.M., and Holt, J.G. The Road Map of the Manual. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (D.R. Boone and R.W. Castenholz, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2001). pp. 119-166.
2
Validation List no. 143. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2012) 62:1-4.