Desulfocapsaceae

Desulfocapsaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobulbia
Order:	Desulfobulbales
Family:	Desulfocapsaceae Waite et al. 2020 [1]
Genera
"Ca. Desulfatifera" Desulfocapsa Desulfocastanea Desulfofustis Desulfomarina Desulfopila Desulfoprunum Desulforhopalus Desulfosediminicola Desulfotalea

The Desulfocapsaceae are a family of Thermodesulfobacteriota.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). ^[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [4] [5] [6]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [7] [8] [9]

Desulfocapsaceae Desulfoprunum Junghare & Schink 2015 Desulfofustis Friedrich et al. 1996 Desulfocapsa Janssen et al. 1997 Desulfopila inferna Desulfocastanea Galushko & Kuever 2021 Desulfomarina Hashimoto et al. 2021 Desulforhopalus Isaksen & Teske 1999 Desulfosediminicola flagellatus Desulfopila Suzuki et al. 2007 Desulfosediminicola Song et al. 2023 Desulfotalea Knoblauch, Sahm & Jorgensen 1999

Desulfocapsaceae "Ca. Desulfatifera" Van Vliet et al. 2020 Desulfocapsa Desulfofustis Desulfopila inferna Desulfoprunum Desulfopila [incl. Desulfosediminicola ] Desulfotalea Desulfomarina Desulforhopalus

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, Hahn MW, Kuever J, Hugenholtz P. (2020). "Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 70 (11): 5972–6016. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004213 . PMID   33151140.
2. Desulfocapsaceae in LPSN ; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1 –D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
3. Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfocapsaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
4. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
8. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
9. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.