Chthonomonas
| Chthonomonas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Armatimonadota |
| Class: | Chthonomonadia corrig. Lee et al. 2011 |
| Order: | Chthonomonadales Lee et al. 2011 |
| Family: | Chthonomonadaceae Lee et al. 2011 |
| Genus: | Chthonomonas Lee et al. 2011 |
| Species: | C. calidirosea
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| Binomial name | |
| Chthonomonas calidirosea Lee et al. 2011
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Chthonomonas calidirosea is a Gram-negative bacterium and also the first representative of the new class Chthonomonadetes within the phylum Armatimonadota. The Armatimonadota were previously known as candidate phylum OP10. OP10 was composed solely of environmental 16S rRNA gene clone sequences prior to C. calidirosea's relative, Armatimonas rosea's discovery. It is now known that bacterial communities from geothermal environments, are generally constituted by, at least 5–10% of bacteria belonging to Armatimonadota.