Syntrophaceae
| Syntrophaceae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Syntrophia |
| Order: | Syntrophales |
| Family: | Syntrophaceae Waite et al. 2020 |
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Syntrophaceae is a family of bacteria in the order Syntrophales. It comprises four genera: Syntrophus, Smithella, Desulfobacca and Desulfomonile. All members have rod-shaped cells and do not form spores. As gram-negative bacteria, the presence of a thin cell wall and a double membrane is notable. This bacterium usually forms red or pink colonies.