Ammonifex

Ammonifex
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Thermoanaerobacterales
Family: Thermoanaerobacteraceae
Genus: Ammonifex
Huber and Stetter 1996[1]
Type species
Ammonifex degensii
Huber & Stetter 1996
Species[2]

Ammonifex is a Gram-negative, extremely thermophilic, strictly anaerobic and motile genus of bacteria from the family Thermoanaerobacteraceae.[1][3][4][5]

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[6][7][8] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[9][10][11]
Ammonifex

A. degensii Huber & Stetter 1996

A. thiophilus Miroshnichenko et al. 2008

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Ammonifex 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. ^ a b Schoch CL; et al. "Ammonifex". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  3. ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Osier, Nicole Danielle; Garrity, George M (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Ammonifex Huber et al. 1996 emend. Miroshnichenko et al. 2008". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.4519.
  4. ^ "Ammonifex". www.uniprot.org.
  5. ^ Huber, Robert (2015). "Ammonifex". Ammonifex. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00744. ISBN 9781118960608.
  6. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. ^ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. ^ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. ^ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

Further reading