Bacteriovoracaceae

Bacteriovoracaceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bdellovibrionota
Class: Bacteriovoracia
Order: Bacteriovoracales
Family: Bacteriovoracaceae
Davidov & Jurkevitch 2004
Genera[1]
Synonyms
  • Halobacteriovoraceae corrig. Koval, Williams & Stine 2015
  • Peredibacteraceae Pineiro, Williams & Stine 2008

Bacteriovoracaceae is a family of gram-negative, comma-shaped bacteria. All members have a two-part life cycle consisting of a free-living motile "attack phase" and a "predatory phase" that lives in the periplasm of other gram-negative bacteria. Bacteriovoracaceae are found in freshwater and in the soil.[2]

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).[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[4][5][6] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[7][8][9]
Peredibacteraceae

Peredibacter Davidov & Jurkevitch 2004

Bacteriovoracaceae

Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000

Halobacteriovoracaceae

Halobacteriovorax Koval, Williams & Stine 2015

Bacteriovoracaceae

Peredibacter

Bacteriovorax

Halobacteriovorax

References

  1. ^ a b Bacteriovoracaceae 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. ^ Koval, S. F.; Williams, H. N.; Stine, O. C. (2015). "Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (Pt 2): 593–597. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.070201-0. PMC 4811658. PMID 25406234.
  3. ^ Schoch CL; et al. "Bacteriovoracaceae". 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.