Bacteroidaceae
| Bacteroidaceae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Bacteroides spp. anaerobically cultured in blood agar medium. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidetes |
| Class: | Bacteroidetes |
| Order: | Bacteroidales |
| Family: | Bacteroidaceae |
| Genera | |
|
Bacteroides | |
The family Bacteroidaceae is composed of five genera of environmental bacteria.[1] The genus Capsularis used to exist prior to 1982, but its only species, B. zoogleoformans, was later deemed to be more closely related to the genus Bacteroides.[2]
References
- ↑ Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (D.R. Boone and R.W. Castenholz, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2001). pp. 465-466.
- ↑ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/32/3/271.full.pdf+html.
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