Synergistetes

Synergistaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Synergistetes
Class:	Synergistia Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009
Order:	Synergistales Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009
Family:	Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009
Genera
Aminiphilus Díaz et al. 2007 Aminobacterium Baena et al. 1999 Aminomonas Baena et al. 1999 Anaerobaculum Rees et al. 1997 emend. Menes and Muxí 2002 Candidatus Tammella Hongoh et al. 2007 Cloacibacillus Ganesan et al. 2008 Dethiosulfovibrio Magot et al. 1997 Jonquetella Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007 Pyramidobacter Downes et al. 2009 Synergistes Allison et al. 1993 Thermanaerovibrio Baena et al. 1999 emend. Zavarzina et al. 2000 Thermovirga Dahle and Birkeland 2006

Synergistetes is a phylum of bacteria. Members are Gram-negative,rod-shaped obligate anaerobes. Species within this phylum have been implicated in periodontal disease, gastrointestinal infections and soft tissue infections.

Phylogeny

See also: Bacterial taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by The All-Species Living Tree Project

?Candidatus Tammella caduceiae Hongoh et al. 2007 ?Aminomonas paucivorans Baena et al. 1999   Anaerobaculum ?A. hydrogeniformans ♠ Maune and Tanner 2009 A. mobile Menes and Muxí 2002 A. thermoterrenum Rees et al. 1997 Thermovirga lienii Dahle and Birkeland 2006   Thermanaerovibrio T. acidaminovorans (Guangsheng et al. 1997) Baena et al. 1999 T. velox Zavarzina et al. 2000 Aminiphilus circumscriptus Díaz et al. 2007 Cloacibacillus evryensis Ganesan et al. 2008 Synergistes jonesii Allison et al. 1993   Aminobacterium A. colombiense Baena et al. 1999 A. mobile Baena et al. 2000 Jonquetella anthropi Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007 Pyramidobacter piscolens Downes et al. 2009   Dethiosulfovibrio D. salsuginis Díaz-Cárdenas et al. 2010 D. acidaminovorans Surkov et al. 2001 D. marinus Surkov et al. 2001 D. peptidovorans Magot et al. 1997 D. russensis Surkov et al. 2001

Notes:
♠ Strain found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)