Syntrophomonadaceae

Belongs within: Firmicutes.

The Syntrophomonadaceae are a group of anaerobic bacteria that commonly grow in association with methanogens. They obtain energy through the oxidation of carboxylic acids, normally producing hydrogen or formate as a waste product which is then utilised by their methanogenic symbiotes.

<==Syntrophomonadaceae
    |--Acetogenium kivuiGH01a, D92
    |--AminobacteriumGH01a
    |--Aminomonas paucivoransGH01a, GH01b
    |--Anaerobaculum thermoterrenumGH01a, GH01b
    |--Syntrophospora bryantiiGH01a, S92 [=Clostridium bryantiiS92]
    |--ThermohydrogeniumGH01a
    |--ThermosyntrophaGH01a
    |--Dethiosulfovibrio peptidovoransGH01a, GH01b
    `--SyntrophomonasGH01a
         |--S. sapovoransS92
         `--S. wolfeiMP95

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[D92] Diekert, G. 1992. The acetogenic bacteria. In: Balows, A., H. G. Trüper, M. Dworkin, W. Harder & K.-H. Schleifer (eds) The Prokaryotes: A handbook on the biology of bacteria: Ecophysiology, isolation, identification, applications 2^nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 517–533. Springer-Verlag: New York.

[GH01a] Garrity, G. M., & J. G. Holt. 2001a. The road map to the Manual. In: Boone, D. R., R. W. Castenholz & G. M. Garrity (eds) Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology ^2nd ed. vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria pp. 119–166. Springer.

[GH01b] Garrity, G. M., & J. G. Holt. 2001b. Phylum BIX. Deferribacteres phy. nov. In: Boone, D. R., R. W. Castenholz & G. M. Garrity (eds) Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2^nd ed. vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria pp. 465–471. Springer.

[MP95] Maher, M., R. Palmer, F. Gannon & T. Smith. 1995. Relationship of a novel bacterial fish pathogen to Streptobacillus moniliformis and the fusobacteria group, based on 16S ribosomal RNA analysis. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 18: 79–84.

[S92] Schink, B. 1992. Syntrophism among prokaryotes. In: Balows, A., H. G. Trüper, M. Dworkin, W. Harder & K.-H. Schleifer (eds) The Prokaryotes: A handbook on the biology of bacteria: Ecophysiology, isolation, identification, applications 2^nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 276–299. Springer-Verlag: New York.