Bdellovibrionaceae

Bdellovibrionaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Deltaproteobacteria
Order:	Bdellovibrionales
Family:	Bdellovibrionaceae
Genera
Bdellovibrio Micavibrio Vampirovibrio

The Bdellovibrionaceae are a family of Proteobacteria. They include genera, such as Bdellovibrio and Vampirovibrio, which are unusual parasites that enter other bacteria.^[1][2]

References

1. Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T., eds. (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.
2. Mortimer P. Starr and Nancy L. Baigent (1966). "Parasitic Interaction of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus with Other Bacteria". Journal of Bacteriology 91 (5): 2006–2017. PMC 316158. PMID 5327913.

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• Pineiro SA, Sahaniuk, GE, Romberg, E. and Williams, HN (2004). "Predation Patterns and Phylogenetic Analyses of Bdellovibrionaceae from the Great Salt Lake, Utah". Curr. Microbiol 48 (2): 133–137. doi:10.1007/s00284-003-4136-z. PMID 15057478.
• Baer, M. L., J. Ravel, S. A. Pineiro, D. Guether-Borg and H. N. Williams (2004). "A proposal for two new species, Bacteriovorax marinus sp. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis sp. nov.". Internat J Syst Evol Microbiology (IJSEM) 54: 1011–1016.

External links

• Bdellovibrionaceae - J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature