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Caldisericum

Caldisericum exile is a species of bacteria sufficiently distinct from other bacteria to be placed in its own family, order, class and phylum. It is the first member of the thermophilic candidate phylum OP5 to be cultured and described.

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Caldisericum
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Caldisericota
Class: Caldisericia
Order: Caldisericales
Family: Caldisericaceae
Genus: Caldisericum
Mori et al. 2009
Type species
Caldisericum exile
Mori et al. 2009
Species
  • C. exile
Synonyms
  • Caldisericota Mori et al. 2021:
    • "Caldiserica" Mori et al. 2009
    • "Caldisericota" Whitman et al. 2018
    • "Caldisericaeota" Oren et al. 2015
    • Candidate phylum OP5

Caldisericum exile is a species of bacteria sufficiently distinct from other bacteria to be placed in its own family, order, class and phylum.1 It is the first member of the thermophilic candidate phylum OP5 to be cultured and described.

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