Chloroflexales is an order of bacteria in the class Chloroflexia.[1] The clade is also known as filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (FAP),[2] as the order contains phototrophs that do not produce oxygen. These bacteria are facultative aerobic.[3] They generally use chemotrophy when oxygen is present and switch to light-derived energy when otherwise. Most species are heterotrophs, but a few are capable of photoautotrophy.[2]

Chloroflexales
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Chloroflexota
Class: Chloroflexia
Order: Chloroflexales
Gupta et al. 2013
Families

The order can be divided into two suborders. Chloroflexineae ("Green FAP", "green non-sulfur bacteria") is the better-known one. This suborder uses chlorosomes, a specialized antenna complex, to pass light energy to the reaction center. Roseiflexineae ("Red FAP") on the other hand has no such ability. The named colors are not absolute, as growth conditions such as oxygen concentration will make a green FAP appear green, brown, or reddish-orange by inducing changes in pigment composition.[2]

Taxonomy

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The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[5]

Phylogeny

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16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[6][7][8] 120 single copy marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[9][10][11]
Herpetosiphonales
Chloroflexales
Roseiflexaceae

Roseiflexus

Chloroflexaceae

Heliothrix

Oscillochloris

Chloroflexus

Chloroflexales
Herpetosiphonaceae

Herpetosiphon

Roseiflexaceae
Chloroflexaceae

Chloroflexus

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Garrity, George M. (2001). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. pp. 427–446. ISBN 978-0-387-21609-6.
  2. ^ a b c Thweatt, Jennifer L.; Canniffe, Daniel P.; Bryant, Donald A. (2019). "Biosynthesis of chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls in green bacteria". Advances in Botanical Research. 90: 35–89. doi:10.1016/bs.abr.2019.03.002.
  3. ^ Gupta RS, Chander P, George S (2013). "Phylogenetic framework and molecular signatures for the class Chloroflexia and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Chloroflexia class. nov. [corrected] into the suborder Chloroflexineae subord. nov., consisting of the emended family Oscillochloridaceae and the family Chloroflexaceae fam. nov., and the suborder Roseiflexineae subord. nov., containing the family Roseiflexaceae fam. nov". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 103 (1): 99–119. doi:10.1007/s10482-012-9790-3. PMID 22903492.
  4. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Chloroflexales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  5. ^ Sayers; et al. "Chloroflexales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  6. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ^ "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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