Bdellovibrionaceae

Bdellovibrionaceae
Bdellovibrionaceae cycle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bdellovibrionota
Class: Bdellovibrionia
Order: Bdellovibrionales
Family: Bdellovibrionaceae
Garrity et al. 2006[1]
Genera[2]
Synonyms
  • Pseudobdellovibrionaceae Waite et al. 2022

The Bdellovibrionaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota. They include genera, such as Bdellovibrio and Vampirovibrio, which are unusual parasites that enter other bacteria.[1][3]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[4]

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

Bdellovibrio Stolp & Starr 1963

Pseudobdellovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Bdellovibrionaceae

Bdellovibrio

Pseudobdellovibrio

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T., eds. (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.
  2. ^ a b Bdellovibrionaceae 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.
  3. ^ Mortimer P. Starr & Nancy L. Baigent (1966). "Parasitic Interaction of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus with Other Bacteria". Journal of Bacteriology. 91 (5): 2006–2017. doi:10.1128/jb.91.5.2006-2017.1966. PMC 316158. PMID 5327913.
  4. ^ Schoch CL; et al. "Bdellovibrionaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  5. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ^ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. ^ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. ^ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.