Caldicellulosiruptor

Caldicellulosiruptor is a genus of thermophilic, anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore forming bacteria. Originally placed within the highly polyphyletic class Clostridia, order Thermoanaerobacterales and family Thermoanaerobacterales Family III according to the NCBI and LPSN, it is now thought to lie outside of the Firmicutes. Caldicellulosiruptor is known to degrade and ferment complex carbohydrates from plant matter, such as cellulose and hemicellulose (hence its name), and certain species in the genus have been identified as potential candidates for biofuel production.

Caldicellulosiruptor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia Rainey 2010
Order:	Thermoanaerobacterales Wiegel 2010
Family:	Thermoanaerobacterales Family III
Genus:	Caldicellulosiruptor Rainey et al. 1994 emend. Onyenwoke et al. 2006
Species
Caldicellulosiruptor acetigenus (Nielsen et al. 1994) Onyenwoke et al. 2006 Caldicellulosiruptor bescii Yang et al. 2010 Caldicellulosiruptor changbaiensis Bing et al. 2015 Caldicellulosiruptor hydrothermalis Miroshnichenko et al. 2008 Caldicellulosiruptor kristjanssonii Bredholt et al. 1999 Caldicellulosiruptor kronotskiensis Miroshnichenko et al. 2008 Caldicellulosiruptor lactoaceticus Mladenovska et al. 1997 Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis ♠ Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2010 Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis Huang et al. 1998 Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus Rainey et al. 1995

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[2] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 by The All-Species Living Tree Project [3]

?C. obsidiansis ♠ Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2010     C. kronotskiensis Miroshnichenko et al. 2008       C. bescii Yang et al. 2010       C. hydrothermalis Miroshnichenko et al. 2008       C. owensensis Huang et al. 1998       C. saccharolyticus Rainey et al. 1995 (type sp.)       C. lactoaceticus Mladenovska et al. 1997       C. acetigenus (Nielsen et al. 1994) Onyenwoke et al. 2006     C. kristjanssonii Bredholt et al. 1999

Notes:
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN).

References

1. J.P. Euzéby. "Caldicellulosiruptor". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
2. Sayers; et al. "Caldicellulosiruptor". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
3. All-Species Living Tree Project."16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Retrieved 2013-03-20.