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''Armatimonadota'' is a phylum of
gram-negative bacteria Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...
.


History

''Armatimonadota'' was originally described solely on the basis of environmental
16S rRNA 16S rRNA may refer to: * 16S ribosomal RNA 16 S ribosomal RNA (or 16 S rRNA) is the RNA component of the 30S subunit of a prokaryotic ribosome ( SSU rRNA). It binds to the Shine-Dalgarno sequence and provides most of the SSU structure. The g ...
gene clone sequences, and was temporarily titled
candidate phylum A candidate division, candidate phylum or candidate division-level is a lineage of prokaryotic organisms for which until recently no cultured representatives have been found, but evidence of the existence of the clade has been obtained by 16S rR ...
OP10. However, in 2011 a bacterial strain belonging to the phylum was isolated from an aquatic plant in Japan. The species was named ''
Armatimonas rosea ''Armatimonas rosea'' is a Gram-negative bacterium and also the first species to be characterized within the phylum Armatimonadota. The Armatimonadota were previously known as candidate phylum OP10. OP10 was composed solely of environmental 16S ...
'' and was the first member of its phylum, genus, and species.


Members

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Armatimonas rosea ''Armatimonas rosea'' is a Gram-negative bacterium and also the first species to be characterized within the phylum Armatimonadota. The Armatimonadota were previously known as candidate phylum OP10. OP10 was composed solely of environmental 16S ...
'', an aerobic chemoheterotrophic bacterium, strain YO-36T, was isolated from rhizoplane of an aquatic plant (a reed, '' Phragmites australis'') inhabiting a freshwater lake in Japan. ''
Chthonomonas calidirosea ''Chthonomonas calidirosea'' is a Gram-negative bacterium and also the first representative of the new class Chthonomonadetes within the phylum Armatimonadota. The Armatimonadota were previously known as candidate phylum OP10. OP10 was composed so ...
'', an aerobic, saccharolytic, obligately thermophilic, motile, non-spore-forming bacterium, strain T49(T), was isolated from geothermally heated soil at Hell's Gate, Tikitere, New Zealand.


Phylogeny


Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). * Genus "''Candidatus'' Nitrosymbiomonas" Okubo et al. 2021 ** Species ?"''Ca.'' Nitrosymbiomonas proteolyticus" Okubo et al. 2021 * Class Chthonomonadetes Lee et al. 2011 Oren,_Parte_&_Garrity_2016.html" ;"title="Chthonomonadia" Oren, Parte & Garrity 2016">Chthonomonadia" Oren, Parte & Garrity 2016** Order Chthonomonadales Lee et al. 2011 *** Family Chthonomonadaceae Lee et al. 2011 **** Genus '' Chthonomonas'' Lee et al. 2011 ***** Species ''
Chthonomonas calidirosea ''Chthonomonas calidirosea'' is a Gram-negative bacterium and also the first representative of the new class Chthonomonadetes within the phylum Armatimonadota. The Armatimonadota were previously known as candidate phylum OP10. OP10 was composed so ...
'' Lee et al. 2011 * Class Fimbriimonadia Im et al. 2012 ** Order Fimbriimonadales Im et al. 2012 *** Family Fimbriimonadaceae Im et al. 2012 **** Genus '' Fimbriimonas'' Im et al. 2012 ***** Species ''
Fimbriimonas ginsengisoli ''Fimbriimonas ginsengisoli'' is a Gram-negative bacterium and the first representative of the class ''Fimbriimonadia'' within the phylum ''Armatimonadota''. The ''Armatimonadota'' were previously known as candidate phylum OP10. OP10 was compos ...
'' Im et al. 2012 * Class Armatimonadia Tamaki et al. 2011 ** Order Armatimonadales Tamaki et al. 2011 *** Family Armatimonadaceae Tamaki et al. 2011 **** Genus '' Armatimonas'' Tamaki et al. 2011 ***** Species ''
Armatimonas rosea ''Armatimonas rosea'' is a Gram-negative bacterium and also the first species to be characterized within the phylum Armatimonadota. The Armatimonadota were previously known as candidate phylum OP10. OP10 was composed solely of environmental 16S ...
'' Tamaki et al. 2011 ** Order Capsulimonadales Li, Kudo & Tonouchi 2018 *** Family Capsulimonadaceae Li, Kudo & Tonouchi 2018 **** Genus '' Capsulimonas'' Li, Kudo & Tonouchi 2018 ***** Species ''
Capsulimonas corticalis ''Capsulimonas'' is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Capsulimonadaceae with one known species ('' Capsulimonas corticalis''). ''Capsulimonas corticalis'' has been isolated from the ...
'' Li, Kudo & Tonouchi 2018


Notes


References


External links


Page for Armatimonadetes on LPSN
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