Chloroflexia

Chloroflexia
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Chloroflexota
Class: Chloroflexia
corrig. Gupta et al. 2013
Orders
Synonyms
  • "Chloroflexia" Castenholz 2001
  • "Chlorobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002
  • "Chloroflexi" Gupta et al. 2013

The Chloroflexia are a class of bacteria in the phylum Chloroflexota. Chloroflexia are typically filamentous, and can move about through bacterial gliding. It is named after the order Chloroflexales.

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