Caldisericum

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.

Caldisericum
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
Species
C. exile
Synonyms
Caldisericota Mori et al. 2021: "Caldiserica" Mori et al. 2009 "Caldisericota" Whitman et al. 2018 "Caldisericaeota" Oren et al. 2015 Candidate phylum OP5

See also

• List of bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders