Biology:Thiotrichales

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Short description: Order of bacteria

Thiotrichales
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Thiomargarita namibiensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Thiotrichales
Garrity et al. 2005
Families

Fastidiosibacteraceae[1]
Francisellaceae[1]
Piscirickettsiaceae[1]
Thiofilaceae[1]
Thiolinaceae[1]
Thiotrichaceae[1]

The Thiotrichales are an order of Pseudomonadota, including Thiomargarita magnifica, the largest known bacterium.[2]

They also include certain pathogens, such as Francisella tularensis which causes tularemia (rabbit fever).[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Thiotrichales" (in en). www.uniprot.org. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/72273. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria

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