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The Family Nautiliaceae: The Genera Caminibacter, Lebetimonas, and Nautilia

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Phylogenetically diverse chemoautotrophic Epsilonproteobacteria occur dominantly in various redoxclines such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents, stratified ocean, terrestrial sulfidic caves, and oil fields. Except the order Nautiliales, the taxonomy of chemoautotrophic Epsilonproteobacteria has not been well established. Nautiliaceae, the sole family within the order Nautiliales, consists of the genera Caminibacter, Nautilia, and Lebetimonas. Members of the family form deeply branched lineages in the 16S rRNA-based phylogenetic tree of Epsilonproteobacteria. They are Gram-negative motile rods with one or more polar flagella and do not form endospores. All members of the family are exclusively found in the close proximity to deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Members of the family are moderate thermophiles growing optimally between 40 °C and 60 °C. Under autotrophic conditions, Nautiliaceae members have an ability to grow anaerobically via respiratory S0 reduction with H2.

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  1. Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, 041-8611, Hokkaido, Japan

    Satoshi Nakagawa

  2. Subsurface Geobiology Advanced Research (SUGAR) Project, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Kanagawa, Japan

    Satoshi Nakagawa & Ken Takai

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  1. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  2. Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Edward F. DeLong

  3. Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

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  4. Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Stephen Lory

  5. Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

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  6. Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Nakagawa, S., Takai, K. (2014). The Family Nautiliaceae: The Genera Caminibacter, Lebetimonas, and Nautilia. In: Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E.F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39044-9_276

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