''Thauera'' is a genus of
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...
bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...
in the family ''
Zoogloeaceae
Zoogloeaceae is a Family (biology), family of bacteria in the order Rhodocyclales. In 2017, Boden et al. proposed the creation of Zoogloeaceae and Azonexaceae to harmonize the taxonomy with 16S ribosomal RNA, 16S rRNA gene-based Phylogenetic tree ...
'' of the order ''
Rhodocyclales
The Rhodocyclales are an order of the class Betaproteobacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota ("Proteobacteria").Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volum ...
'' of the ''
Betaproteobacteria
''Betaproteobacteria'' are a class of Gram-negative bacteria, and one of the six classes of the phylum '' Pseudomonadota'' (synonym Proteobacteria).
Metabolism
The ''Betaproteobacteria'' comprise over 75 genera and 400 species. Together, they ...
''. The genus is named for the German microbiologist
Rudolf Thauer. Most species of this genus are motile by flagella and are mostly rod-shaped.
[Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. .] The species occur in wet soil and polluted freshwater.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
T. aminoaromatica''
* ''
T. aromatica''
* ''
T. butanivorans''
* ''
T. chlorobenzoica''
* ''
T. humireducens''
* ''
T. linaloolentis''
* ''
T. mechernichensis''
* ''
T. phenylacetica''
* ''
T. propionica''
* ''
T. selenatis''
* ''
T. terpenica''
References
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Zoogloeaceae
Rhodocyclales
Betaproteobacteria
Bacteria genera