Microgenomates

Summary

The Microgenomatota or Microgenomates are a proposed supergroup of bacterial candidate phyla in the Candidate Phyla Radiation.

Microgenomates
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Domain: Bacteria
Infrakingdom: Candidate phyla radiation
Superphylum: Microgenomatota
corrig. Rinke et al. 2013 in Ogen and Göker 2023[1]

Organisms from the Microgenomates group have never been cultured in a lab; rather they have only been detected in the environment through genetic sequencing.

The Microgenomates group was originally discovered from sequences retrieved from the Yellowstone National Park hot spring "Obsidian Pool" and named OP11.[2]

The group was later split into the additional bacterial phyla Absconditabacteria (SR1) and Parcubacteria (OD1)[3] and then into over 11 more bacterial phyla,[4][5] including Curtisbacteria, Daviesbacteria, Levybacteria, Gottesmanbacteria, Woesebacteria, Amesbacteria, Shapirobacteria, Roizmanbacteria, Beckwithbacteria, Collierbacteria, Pacebacteria.

References edit

  1. ^ Oren, Aharon; Göker, Markus (9 May 2023). "Candidatus List. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus phyla". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 73 (5). doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005821.
  2. ^ Hugenholtz, Philip; Pitulle, Christian; Hershberger, Karen L.; Pace, Norman R. (January 1998). "Novel Division Level Bacterial Diversity in a Yellowstone Hot Spring". Journal of Bacteriology. 180 (2): 366–376. doi:10.1128/JB.180.2.366-376.1998. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 106892. PMID 9440526.
  3. ^ Harris, J. Kirk; Kelley, Scott T.; Pace, Norman R. (February 2004). "New Perspective on Uncultured Bacterial Phylogenetic Division OP11". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70 (2): 845–849. Bibcode:2004ApEnM..70..845H. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.2.845-849.2004. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 348892. PMID 14766563.
  4. ^ Brown, Christopher T.; Hug, Laura A.; Thomas, Brian C.; Sharon, Itai; Castelle, Cindy J.; Singh, Andrea; Wilkins, Michael J.; Wrighton, Kelly C.; Williams, Kenneth H.; Banfield, Jillian F. (July 2015). "Unusual biology across a group comprising more than 15% of domain Bacteria". Nature. 523 (7559): 208–211. Bibcode:2015Natur.523..208B. doi:10.1038/nature14486. ISSN 1476-4687. OSTI 1512215. PMID 26083755. S2CID 4397558.
  5. ^ Anantharaman, Karthik; Brown, Christopher T.; Hug, Laura A.; Sharon, Itai; Castelle, Cindy J.; Probst, Alexander J.; Thomas, Brian C.; Singh, Andrea; Wilkins, Michael J.; Karaoz, Ulas; Brodie, Eoin L. (December 2016). "Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system". Nature Communications. 7 (1): 13219. Bibcode:2016NatCo...713219A. doi:10.1038/ncomms13219. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5079060. PMID 27774985.