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Cetobacterium

Cetobacterium is a Gram-negative, pleomorphic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family Fusobacteriaceae.

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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Fusobacteriati
Phylum: Fusobacteriota
Class: Fusobacteriia
Order: Fusobacteriales
Family: Fusobacteriaceae
Genus: Cetobacterium
Foster et al. 19961
Type species
Cetobacterium ceti
Foster et al. 1996
Species

Cetobacterium is a Gram-negative, pleomorphic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family Fusobacteriaceae.1234

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).5

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024678 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS22691011
Cetobacterium
Cetobacterium

C. ceti Foster et al. 1996

"Ca. C. colombiensis" Colorado Gómez et al. 2023

C. somerae Finegold et al. 2003

References

References

  1. Parte, AC; et al. "Cetobacterium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  2. "Cetobacterium". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Osier, Nicole Danielle; Garrity, George M (1 January 2003). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.8394.
  4. Edwards, Kirstin J.; Logan, Julie M. J.; Gharbia, Saheer E. (14 September 2015). "Cetobacterium". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. pp. 1–3. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00767. ISBN 9781118960608.
  5. Schoch, CL; et al. "Cetobacterium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  6. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  11. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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