Caldicellulosiruptor

Caldicellulosiruptor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Caldicellulosiruptorales
Family:	Caldicellulosiruptoraceae
Genus:	Caldicellulosiruptor Sissons et al. 1987 ex Rainey et al. 1995
Type species
Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus Sissons et al. 1987 ex Rainey et al. 1995
Species
See text
Synonyms
"Anaerocellum" Svetlichnyi et al. 1990 "Caldocellum" Sissons et al. 1987

Caldicellulosiruptor is a genus of thermophilic, anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore forming bacteria. Originally placed within the highly polyphyletic class Clostridia, order Thermoanaerobacterales and family Thermoanaerobacterales Family III according to the NCBI and LPSN, it is now thought to lie outside of the Bacillota. Caldicellulosiruptor is known to degrade and ferment complex carbohydrates from plant matter, such as cellulose and hemicellulose (hence its name), and certain species in the genus have been identified as potential candidates for biofuel production.

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) ^[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [3] [4] [5]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 [6] [7] [8]

Caldicellulosiruptor C. changbaiensis C. saccharolyticus C. acetigenus C. kristjanssoniiBredholt et al. 1999 C. lactoaceticusMladenovska et al. 1997 C. bescii C. kronotskiensis C. hydrothermalis C. diazotrophicus C. owensensis

Caldicellulosiruptor C. changbaiensisBing et al. 2015 C. saccharolyticusRainey et al. 1995 "C. morganii" Lee et al. 2018 "C. naganoensis" Lee et al. 2018 "C. danielii" Lee et al. 2018 "C. obsidiansis" Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2010 C. owensensisHuang et al. 1998 C. acetigenus(Nielsen et al. 1994) Onyenwoke et al. 2006 C. hydrothermalisMiroshnichenko et al. 2008 C. diazotrophicusChen et al. 2021 C. besciiYang et al. 2010 C. kronotskiensisMiroshnichenko et al. 2008

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. J.P. Euzéby. "Caldicellulosiruptor". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
2. Sayers; et al. "Caldicellulosiruptor". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
3. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
4. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
7. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
8. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.