Coprothermobacteraceae is a new

bacterial Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were amon ...

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

of rod-shaped microorganisms, belonging to the order Coprothermobacterales, class

Coprothermobacteria Coprothermobacteria is a taxonomic class of bacteria in the phylum Coprothermobacterota. Currently, this class is represented by a single order of bacteria, with only one family to which belongs a genus ('' Coprothermobacter'') of non-motile, r ...

of the new phylum

Coprothermobacterota ''Coprothermobacterota'' is a phylum of nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria. Its members are strictly anaerobic and thermophilic, growing at optimal temperatures between 55 °C and 70 °C. The name of this phylum is based on an early genus ...

. The name of this family was given on the basis of an early

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identified within this group, dubbed "''

Coprothermobacter ''Coprothermobacter'' is a genus of rod-shaped microorganisms, belonging to the new bacterial family ''Coprothermobacteraceae'' of the new phylum ''Coprothermobacterota''. This taxonomic genus has been reclassified in 2018, after different phylog ...

''", whose etymology derives from Greek "''kopros''", meaning manure, and "''thermos''", warm, from the source where these bacteria were collected and the temperature conditions in which they are able to grow, which can be up to 75°C. This taxonomic family has been introduced in 2018, after a

phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

reclassification of the genus ''

'', which has been based on published studies that shown that these bacteria actually represent a deeply branched taxon of the

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Bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometr ...

. Consequently, the clade including this genus has been classified in the phylum

, a separate phylum from Firmicute', where ''

'' was formerly included before the reclassification. Actually, Coprothermobacteraceae is the only family belonging to the order Coprothermobacterales.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q58044064 Bacteria families Coprothermobacterota