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Sphingobacteriaceae

Sphingobacteriaceae is a family of environmental bacteria.

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Sphingobacteriaceae
Sphingobacterium mizutii colony
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Sphingobacteriia
Order: Sphingobacteriales
Family: Sphingobacteriaceae
Steyn et al. 19981
Genera2

Sphingobacteriaceae is a family of environmental bacteria.123

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature2 and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.4a

Notes

Notes

  1. Anseongella, Nubsella, Pararcticibacter, and Pelobium are not included in this phylogenetic tree.
References

References

  1. Steyn PL, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Sandra P, Kersters K, Joubert JJ. (1998). "Classification of heparinolytic bacteria into a new genus, Pedobacter, comprising four species: Pedobacter heparinus comb. nov., Pedobacter piscium comb. nov., Pedobacter africanus sp. nov. and Pedobacter saltans sp. nov. proposal of the family Sphingobacteriaceae fam. nov". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 48 (1): 165–177. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-1-165. PMID 9542086.
  2. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Sphingobacteriaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  3. Boone DR, Castenholz RW, eds. (2001). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag. pp. 465–466.
  4. García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Göker M (2019). "Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes". Front Microbiol. 10: 2083. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083. PMC 6767994. PMID 31608019.