Order Holophagales
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Holophagales Fukunaga et al. 2008, ord. nov. (Type order of the class ¤ Holophagae Fukunaga et al. 2008).
Type genus: ¤ Holophaga Liesack et al. 1995.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Holophaga, type genus of the order; suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Holophagales, the order of genus Holophaga.
Valid publication: FUKUNAGA (Y.), KURAHASHI (M.), YANAGI (K.), YOKOTA (A.) and HARAYAMA (S.): Acanthopleuribacter pedis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a chiton, and description of Acanthopleuribacteraceae fam. nov., Acanthopleuribacterales ord. nov., Holophagaceae fam. nov., Holophagales ord. nov. and Holophagae classis nov. in the phylum 'Acidobacteria'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2597-2601.
Original article in IJSEM Online
