Syntrophomonadaceae

The Syntrophomonadaceae are a family of anaerobic bacteria in the order of Clostridiales.[1][3][4] As a source of energy, these organisms uses carboxylic acids.[4]

Syntrophomonadaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Syntrophomonadaceae Zhao et al. 1993 emend. Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009[1][2]
Genera
Candidatus Contubernalis[3] Carboxydocella Dethiobacter[3] Pelospora[3] Syntrophomonas[3] Syntrophothermus[3] Thermohydrogenium[3] Thermosyntropha[3]

References

1. UniProt
2. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
3. eol
4. Sobieraj, Martin; Boone, David R. (1 January 2006). "Syntrophomonadaceae". The Prokaryotes. Springer US: 1041–1049. doi:10.1007/0-387-30744-3_37.

Further reading

• Liu, P.; Qiu, Q.; Lu, Y. (1 April 2011). "Syntrophomonadaceae-Affiliated Species as Active Butyrate-Utilizing Syntrophs in Paddy Field Soil". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77 (11): 3884–3887. doi:10.1128/AEM.00190-11. PMC 3127591. PMID 21460111.
• Paul, De Vos (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 0-387-68489-1.
• Ahring, volume editor: Birgitte K. (2003). Biomethanation. Berlin [etc.]: Springer. ISBN 3-540-45839-5.