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Ammoniphilus

Ammoniphilus is a Gram-variable, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, haloalkalitolerant spore-forming, obligately oxalotrophic and motile bacterial genus from the family of Paenibacillaceae with peritrichous flagella. In the cell wall of Ammoniphilus is meso-diaminopimelic acid.

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Jun 10, 2026
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Length
408 w
Citations
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Source
Ammoniphilus oxalaticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Paenibacillales
Family: Paenibacillaceae
Genus: Ammoniphilus
Zaitsev et al. 19981
Type species
Ammoniphilus oxalaticus
Zaitsev et al. 1998
Species

Ammoniphilus is a Gram-variable, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, haloalkalitolerant spore-forming, obligately oxalotrophic and motile bacterial genus from the family of Paenibacillaceae with peritrichous flagella.12345 In the cell wall of Ammoniphilus is meso-diaminopimelic acid.5

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)6

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024789 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220101112
Ammoniphilus

A. resinae Lin et al. 2016

A. oxalaticus Zaitsev et al. 1998

A. oxalivorans Zaitsev et al. 1998

Ammoniphilus

A. resinae

A. oxalaticus

See also

See also

References

References

  1. J.P. Euzéby. "Ammoniphilus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. Zaitsev, G. M.; Tsitko, I. V.; Rainey, F. A.; Trotsenko, Y. A.; Uotila, J. S.; Stackebrandt, E.; Salkinoja-Salonen, M. S. (1 January 1998). "New aerobic ammonium-dependent obligately oxalotrophic bacteria: description of Ammoniphilus oxalaticus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ammoniphilus oxalivorans gen. nov., sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (1): 151–163. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-1-151. PMID 9542085.
  3. Paul, De Vos (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5.
  4. "Ammoniphilus". www.uniprot.org.
  5. Rainey, Fred A. (1 January 2015). "Ammoniphilus". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00548. ISBN 978-1-118-96060-8.
  6. Sayers; et al. "Ammoniphilus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  7. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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