Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7925

Name

Holophaga Liesack et al. 1995

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	Holophagaceae Fukunaga et al. 2008

Members

species	Holophaga foetida Liesack et al. 1995

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 Acidobacteria (sic) Thrash and Coates 2021 non Acidobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002
class Holophagae Fukunaga et al. 2008
order Holophagales Fukunaga et al. 2008
family Holophagaceae Fukunaga et al. 2008
genus Holophaga Liesack et al. 1995

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 Holophaga Liesack et al. 1995. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7925.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7925.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 11, 2009.

References

Fukunaga Y, Kurahashi M, Yanagi K, Yokota A, Harayama S. Acanthopleuribacter pedis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a chiton, and description of Acanthopleuribacteraceae fam. nov., Acanthopleuribacterales ord. nov., Holophagaceae fam. nov., Holophagales ord. nov. and Holophagae classis nov. in the phylum 'Acidobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2597-2601. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65589-0 [PubMed].
Liesack W, Bak F, Kreft JU, Stackebrandt E. Holophaga foetida gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, homoacetogenic bacterium degrading methoxylated aromatic compounds. Arch Microbiol 1994; 162:85-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00264378 [PubMed].