Cryptanaerobacter

Cryptanaerobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Desulfotomaculales
Family:	Pelotomaculaceae
Genus:	Cryptanaerobacter Juteau et al. 2005[1]
Type species
Cryptanaerobacter phenolicus Juteau et al. 2005
Species[2][3]
C. phenolicus

Cryptanaerobacter is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).^[2]

Etymology

The name Cryptanaerobacter derives from: Greek cryptos (κρυπτός), hidden; an (ἄν), not; aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; Neo-Latin, a rod bacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; giving Cryptanaerobacter, an anaerobic rod that is hidden within the consortium.^[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,^[2] Cryptanaerobacter phenolicus (Juteau et al. 2005, (type species of the genus). The specific name is from Latin phenol, phenol; icus, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; giving phenolicus, belonging to phenol.)^[1]

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Juteau, Pierre; Côté, Valérie; Duckett, Marie-France; Beaudet, Réjean; Lépine, François; Villemur, Richard; Bisaillon, Jean-Guy (1 January 2005). "Cryptanaerobacter phenolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobe that transforms phenol into benzoate via 4-hydroxybenzoate". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (1): 245–250. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02914-0. PMID 15653882.
2. Cryptanaerobacter in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1 – D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
3. Schoch CL; et al. "Cryptanaerobacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.