Frankiales

Frankiales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Frankiales
Sen et al. 2014
Type genus
Frankia
Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)
Families
Synonyms
  • Frankiineae corrig. Stackebrandt, Rainey & Ward-Rainey 1997

The Frankiales are an order of bacteria, containing three monotypic families, each with only one genus. The order consists of slow-growing aerobic to microaerophilic, soil-inhabiting mesophilic organisms that are in symbiosis with pioneer plants.

References

  1. 1 2 Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P (2014). "Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: Proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 64 (Pt 11): 3821–3832. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.063966-0. PMID 25168610.
  2. ↑ Frankiales in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (2026). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 54 (D1): D884–D891. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  3. ↑ Schoch CL; et al. "Frankiales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  4. ↑ Normand, Philippe; Fernandez, Maria P. (2015). "Frankiales". In Whitman, William B. (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (Online ed.). Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1002/9781118960608. ISBN 9781118960608. Retrieved April 24, 2023.