Coprothermobacteria is a taxonomic class of bacteria in the
phylum
In biology, a phylum (; plural: phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. Traditionally, in botany the term division has been used instead of phylum, although the International Code of Nomenclature f ...
Coprothermobacterota.
Currently, this class is represented by a single order of bacteria, with only one family to which belongs a genus (''
Coprothermobacter'') of non-motile, rod-shaped microorganisms that stain Gram-negative, are non-spore-forming, strictly
anaerobic,
thermophilic and
chemoautotroph.
References
Bacteria classes
Coprothermobacterota
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