Thermaerobacter

Thermaerobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Thermaerobacteria
Chuvochina et al. 2024
Order: Thermaerobacterales
Chuvochina et al. 2024
Family: Thermaerobacteraceae
Chuvochina et al. 2024
Genus: Thermaerobacter
Takai, Inoue & Horikoshi 1999
Type species
Thermaerobacter marianensis
Takai, Inoue & Horikoshi 1999
Species
  • Thermaerobacter composti
  • Thermaerobacter litoralis
  • Thermaerobacter marianensis
  • Thermaerobacter nagasakiensis
  • Thermaerobacter subterraneus

Thermaerobacter is a genus of bacteria placed within the phylum Bacillota. It was previously placed within the highly polyphyletic class Clostridia, order Clostridiales, according to the NCBI and LPSN.

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 10-RS226[6][7][8]
Thermaerobacter

T. marianensis Takai, Inoue & Horikoshi 1999

T. nagasakiensis Nunoura et al. 2002

T. subterraneus Spanevello et al. 2002

T. composti Yabe et al. 2010

T. litoralis Tanaka et al. 2006

Thermaerobacter

T. marianensis

T. subterraneus

References

  1. ↑ Thermaerobacter 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.
  2. ↑ Schoch CL; et al. "Thermaerobacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  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 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.