| Acidobacteria | |
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| Acidobacterium | |
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Acidobacteria |
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Acidobacteria are a newly devised phylum of Bacteria, whose members are physiologically diverse and ubiquitous, especially in soils, but are under-represented in culture.[1][2][3]
Members of this phylum are physiologically diverse, some being acidophilic, and were first recognized as a novel division in 1997.[4] The first species, Acidobacterium capsulatum, of this phylum was discovered in 1991.[5] Other notable species are Holophaga foetida,[6] Geothrix fermentans,[7] Acanthopleuribacter pedis[8] and Bryobacter aggregatus.[9] Since they have only recently been discovered and the large majority have not been cultured, the ecology and metabolism of these bacteria is not well understood.[2] However, these bacteria may be an important contributor to ecosystems, since they are particularly abundant within soils.[10]
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) [11] [12] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by The All-Species Living Tree Project [13]
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Notes:
♣ International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology or [International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology] (IJSB/IJSEM) published species that are in press.
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)
13. Pankratov T.A., Dedysh S.N. Granulicella paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., G. pectinivorans sp. nov., G. aggregans sp. nov. and G. rosea sp. nov., novel acidophilic, polymer-degrading acidobacteria from Sphagnum peat bogs. IJSEM 2010, V. 60. P. 2951-2959.
14. Pankratov T.A., Kirsanova L.A, Kaparullina E.N., Kevbrin V.V., Dedysh S.N. Telmatobacter bradus gen. nov., sp.nov., a cellulolytic facultative anaerobe from subdivision 1 of the Acidobacteria and emended description of Acidobacterium capsulatum Kishimoto et al. 1991// IJSEM 2011, doi:10.1099/ijs.0.029629-0
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