Weeksellaceae
| Weeksellaceae | |
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| Elizabethkingia meningoseptica on a blood agar plate | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Weeksellaceae García-López et al. 2020[1] |
| Genera | |
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Weeksellaceae is a family in the order Flavobacteriales.[2][3] It was proposed to be split from the Flavobacteriaceae in 2019, based on phylogenetic analysis.[1]
Genera
[edit]The family Weeksellaceae comprises the following genera:[2]
- Algoriella Yang et al. 2016
- Apibacter Kwong and Moran 2016
- Bergeyella Vandamme et al. 1994
- Chishuiella Zhang et al. 2014
- Chryseobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994
- Cloacibacterium Allen et al. 2006
- Cruoricaptor Yassin et al. 2013
- Elizabethkingia Kim et al. 2005
- Empedobacter (ex Prévot 1961) Vandamme et al. 1994
- Frigoriflavimonas Menes et al. 2022[4]
- Moheibacter Zhang et al. 2014
- Ornithobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994
- Riemerella Segers et al. 1993
- Spongiimonas Yoon et al. 2014
- Wautersiella Kämpfer et al. 2006
- Weeksella Holmes et al. 1987
Phylogeny
[edit]The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature[2] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.[1][a]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Spongiimonas and Wautersiella are not included in this phylogenetic tree.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Göker M. (2019). "Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes". Front Microbiol. 10: 2083. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083. PMC 6767994. PMID 31608019.
- 1 2 3 Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Weeksellaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Weeksellaceae". www.uniprot.org.
- ↑ "Genus: Frigoriflavimonas". LPSN.DSMZ.de.