Competibacteraceae McIlroy et al. 2014 Competibacteraceae McIlroy et al. 2014 Competibacter Crocetti et al. 2002 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Pseudomonadota corrig. Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteriota (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013 Chromatiales Imhoff 2005 Competibacteraceae McIlroy et al. 2014 Chromatiales Imhoff 2005 Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017 Halothiobacillaceae Kelly and Wood 2005 emend. Boden 2017 Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984 emend. Imhoff et al. 2022 Granulosicoccaceae Lee et al. 2008 Thioalkalispiraceae Mori et al. 2011 Incertae sedis 161 None 2015 Wenzhouxiangellaceae Wang et al. 2015 Woeseiaceae Du et al. 2015 Aquichromatiaceae Yang et al. 2017 Thioprofundaceae Kojima et al. 2017 Thiocapsaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) Thioalkalibacteraceae Boden 2017 Competibacter Crocetti et al. 2002 Contendobacter (sic) McIlroy et al. 2014 Contendibacter corrig. McIlroy et al. 2014 McIlroy S.J. Albertsen M. Andresen E.K. Saunders A.M. Kristiansen R. Stokholm-Bjerregaard M. Nielsen K.L. Nielsen P.H. 'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity. 2014 8 3 613 624 The ISME Journal ISME J 1751-7362 1751-7370 10.1038/ismej.2013.162 24173461 McIlroy S.J. Albertsen M. Andresen E.K. Saunders A.M. Kristiansen R. Stokholm-Bjerregaard M. Nielsen K.L. Nielsen P.H. 'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity. 2014 8 3 613 624 The ISME Journal ISME J 1751-7362 1751-7370 10.1038/ismej.2013.162 24173461