Opitutaceae

Opitutaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Verrucomicrobiota
Class:	Opitutia
Order:	Opitutales
Family:	Opitutaceae; Choo et al. 2007
Genera
	See text

The Opitutaceae are a Gram-negative and chemoheterotrophic order of the domain Bacteria. Opitutaceae bacteria were isolated from soil and coastal marine springs.

Phylogeny

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

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024

120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226

Oleiharenicola Rochman et al. 2018

	Ereboglobus

	Nibricoccus

Cephaloticoccus

Horticoccus

Opitutus

	Geminisphaera

	Rariglobus

	"Ca. Pelagisphaera" Bar-Shalom et al. 2023

	Pelagicoccus Yoon et al. 2007

	"Ca. Didemniditutus" corrig. Lopera et al. 2017

	"Lacunisphaera" Rast et al. 2017

"Ca. Salsuginivita" Prabhu et al. 2024

Opitutus Chin, Liesack & Janssen 2001

	Horticoccus Chung et al. 2023

	Cephaloticoccus Lin et al. 2016

Nibricoccus Baek et al. 2019

	Ereboglobus Tegtmeier et al. 2018

	"Termitidicoccus" Mei et al. 2023

Actomonas Zhang et al. 2024 ["Ca. Synoicihabitans" Murray et al. 2021]

	Geminisphaera Wertz et al. 2017

	Rariglobus Pitt et al. 2020

References

↑ "Opitutaceae". www.uniprot.org.
1 2 Opitutaceae 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.
↑ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2015). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the order Opitutales Choo et al. 2007". doi:10.1601/tx.14028. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
1 2 Parte, Aidan; Krieg, Noel R.; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Whitman, William B.; Hedlund, Brian P.; Paster, Bruce J.; Staley, James T.; Ward, Naomi; Brown, Daniel (4 February 2011). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 820. ISBN 978-0-387-68572-4.
↑ Schoch CL; et al. "Opitutaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
↑ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
↑ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
↑ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
↑ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

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[Opitutales-1] "Opitutaceae". www.uniprot.org.

[LPSN-2] 1 2 Opitutaceae 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] Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2015). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the order Opitutales Choo et al. 2007". doi:10.1601/tx.14028. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[Bayer-4] 1 2 Parte, Aidan; Krieg, Noel R.; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Whitman, William B.; Hedlund, Brian P.; Paster, Bruce J.; Staley, James T.; Ward, Naomi; Brown, Daniel (4 February 2011). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 820. ISBN 978-0-387-68572-4.

[NCBI-5] Schoch CL; et al. "Opitutaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.

[6] "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[7] "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[8] "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[about-9] "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

[tree_bac-10] "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

[taxon_history-11] "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.