The Opitutaceae are a Gram-negative and chemoheterotrophic order of the domain Bacteria.
[2][3][4] Opitutaceae bacteria were isolated from soil and coastal marine springs.
[4] The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[5] Oleiharenicola Rochman et al. 2018 Ereboglobus Nibricoccus Cephaloticoccus Horticoccus Chung et al. 2023 Opitutus Geminisphaera Rariglobus "Ca.
Pelagisphaera" Bar-Shalom et al. 2023 Pelagicoccus Yoon et al. 2007 "Ca.
Synoicihabitans" Murray et al. 2021 Geminisphaera Wertz et al. 2017 Rariglobus Pitt et al. 2020 This bacteria-related article is a stub.