Chloroflexi (class) - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is as follows:

• Order Chloroflexales
  • Suborder Chloroflexineae
    • Family Chloroflexaceae
      • Genus Chloroflexus
        • C. aggregans
        • C. aurantiacus
    • Family Oscillochloridaceae
      • Genus Oscillochloris
        • O. chrysea
        • O. trichoides
      • Genus Chloronema
        • Chloronema giganteum
  • Suborder Roseiflexineae
    • Family Roseiflexaceae
      • Genus Roseiflexus
        • Roseiflexus castenholzii
      • Genus Heliothrix
        • Heliothrix oregonensis
• Order "Herpetosiphonales"
  • Family "Herpetosiphonaceae"
    • Genus Herpetosiphon
      • H. aurantiacus
      • H. geysericola

Additionally, there are "Kouleothrix aurantiaca" and "Dehalobium chlorocoercia" which have not been fully described.