Frankiales

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Frankiales
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Frankiales
Sen et al. 2014 [1]
Type genus
Frankia
Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)
Families [2]
Synonyms
  • Frankiineae corrig. Stackebrandt, Rainey & Ward-Rainey 1997
  • "Motilibacterales'" Feng et al. 2020
  • Motilibacterales Salam et al. 2020

The Frankiales are an order of bacteria, [1] containing three monotypic families, each with only one genus. The order consists of slow-growing aerobic to microaerophilic, soil-inhabiting mesophilic organisms that are in symbiosis with pioneer plants. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P (2014). "Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: Proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 64 (Pt 11): 3821–3832. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.063966-0 . PMID   25168610.
  2. ↑ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Frankiales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ Normand, Philippe; Fernandez, Maria P. (2015). "Frankiales". In Whitman, William B. (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (Online ed.). Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1002/9781118960608. ISBN   9781118960608 . Retrieved April 24, 2023.
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