Candidatus Wirthbacteria is a proposed bacterial phylum containing only one known sample from the Crystal Geyser aquifer, Ca. Wirthibacter wanneri. This bacterium stands out in a basal position in some trees of life as it is closely related to Candidate phyla radiation but is not considered part of that clade.[1]
Wirthbacteria | |
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Phylum: | "Wirthbacteria" Hug et al. 2016
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Genus: | "Ca. Wirthibacter"
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Type species | |
"Ca. W. wanneri" Probst et al. 2017
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