holophagae holophagae the holophagae is a class of acidobacteriota. holophagae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: acidobacteriota class: holophagaefukunaga et al. 2008 type genus holophagaliesack et al. 1995 orders acanthopleuribacterales holophagales thermotomaculales "ca. porrumbacterium" nunes da rocha et al. 2013 synonyms "holophagia" oren, parte & garrity 2016 phylogeny the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature. numbered orders do not yet have any cultured representatives. 16s rrna based phylogeny gtdb 07-rs207 by genome taxonomy database vicinamibacteria (outgroup) holophagae order 6-4 order 6-3 order 6-2 thermotomaculales holophagales acanthopleuribacterales "holophagia" thermotomaculales thermotomaculaceae acanthopleuribacterales acanthopleuribacteraceae holophagales holophagaceae