Fibrobacterota

Fibrobacterota
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Fibrobacterota
Garrity & Holt 2021
Classes
Synonyms
  • "Fibrobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015
  • "Fibrobacteres" Garrity and Holt 2001
  • "Fibrobacterota" Whitman et al. 2018
  • "Raymondbacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016

Fibrobacterota is a small bacterial phylum which includes many of the major rumen bacteria, allowing for the degradation of plant-based cellulose in ruminant animals. Members of this phylum were categorized in other phyla. The genus Fibrobacter (the only genus of Fibrobacterota) was removed from the genus Bacteroides in 1988.

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