Caldisericum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Caldisericota |
Class: | Caldisericia |
Order: | Caldisericales |
Family: | Caldisericaceae |
Genus: | Caldisericum Mori et al. 2009 |
Type species | |
Caldisericum exile Mori et al. 2009
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Caldisericum exile is a species of bacteria sufficiently distinct from other bacteria to be placed in its own family, order, class and phylum.[1] It is the first member of the thermophilic candidate phylum OP5 to be cultured and described.