Translingual

Proper noun

Chloroflexi

1. green non-sulfur bacteria
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Posibacteria.
   2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Chloroflexi – now Chloroflexia.

Usage notes

• Circumscription of the phylum is uncertain, with possibly only classes Chloroflexia and Thermomicrobia belonging in the phylum

Synonyms

• (phylum): Chlorobacteria

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Anaerolineae, Caldilineae, Chloroflexia, Dehalococcoidetes, Ktedonobacteria, Thermomicrobia - classes
• (class): Chloroflexales, Herpetosiphonales - orders

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521