{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Herpetosiphon | authority = Holt and Lewin 1968 | type_species = ''Herpetosiphon aurantiacus'' | type_species_authority = Holt & Lewin 1968 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref>[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/herpetosiphon Herpetosiphon on lpsn.dsmz.de]</ref> | subdivision = * ''H. aurantiacus'' * ''H. geysericola'' * ''H. giganteus'' * ''H. gulosus'' * ''H. llansteffanensis'' | synonyms = }}

'''''Herpetosiphon''''' is a genus of bacteria in the family Herpetosiphonaceae.

==Phylogeny== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=1 | 16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024<ref>{{cite web|title=The LTP |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/#LTP| access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LTP_all tree in newick format| url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_all_10_2024.ntree |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LTP_10_2024 Release Notes| url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_10_2024_release_notes.pdf |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref> ! colspan=1 | 120 marker proteins based GTDB release 10-RS226<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=GTDB release 10-RS226 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="tree_bac">{{cite web |title=bac120_r226.sp_label |url=https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release226/226.0/auxillary_files/bac120_r226.sp_labels.tree |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="taxon_history">{{cite web |title=Taxon History |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/ |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref> |- | style="vertical-align:top| {{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:80% |label1=''Herpetosiphon'' |1={{clade |1=''H. llansteffanensis'' <small>corrig. Livingstone et al. 2019</small> |2={{clade |1=''H. geysericola'' <small>(Copeland 1936) Lewin 1970</small> |2={{clade |1=''H. giganteus'' <small>(Soriano 1945) Reichenbach & Golecki 1975 ex Pan et al. 2017</small> |2={{clade |1=''H. aurantiacus'' <small>Holt & Lewin 1968</small> |2=''H. gulosus'' <small>Pan et al. 2017</small> }} }} }} }} }} | {{clade|style=font-size:90%;line-height:90% |label1=''Herpetosiphon'' |1={{Clade |1={{clade |1=''H. aurantiacus'' |2=''H. gulosus'' }} |2={{clade |1=''H. geysericola'' |2={{clade |1=''H. giganteus'' |2=''H. llansteffanensis'' }} }} }} }} |}

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