A taxonomía actualmente aceptada deste taxon está baseada na LPSN (List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature)[3] e no NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)[4]
e a filoxenia está baseada no ARNr 16S da LTP 106 do 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.[5]
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