Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.29133

Name

Wukongibacter Li et al. 2016

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010

Members

species	Wukongibacter baidiensis Li et al. 2016

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Clostridia Rainey 2010
order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019
family Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010
genus Wukongibacter Li et al. 2016

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Wukongibacter Li et al. 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.29133.

Source File

10.1601/tx.29133.xml


This information was last reviewed on December 27, 2016.

References

Li G, Zeng X, Liu X, Zhang X, Shao Z. Wukongibacter baidiensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from Indian Ocean, and proposal for the reclassification of the closely related members, Clostridium halophilum and Clostridium caminithermale, into Maledivibacter gen. nov. and Paramaledivibacter gen. nov. respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4355-4361. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001355 [PubMed].