Fermentibacteria (formerly Hyd24-12) is a
bacterial phylum with
candidate
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status. It is part of the
FCB group FCB may refer to:
Banks
* Fairfield County Bank, in the United States
* Farm Credit Bank, part of the Farm Credit System in the United States
* Florida Community Bank, in the United States
* First Community Bank, in Kenya
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The original clone sequence used to define Fermentibacteria as a phylum
AJ535232 was recovered from the Hydrate Ridge cold seep environment (Cascadia Margin, offshore from OR, USA). The first genomes from this phylum were recovered from samples of full-scale mesophilic anaerobic digesters at Danish wastewater treatment facilities.
All three genomes recovered were inferred to represent organisms that rely on fermentation of simple sugars as an energy source, and thus the name "Fermentibacteria" (as in "to ferment") was proposed.
Members of this phylum have been detected in a broad range of environments, including methane seeps, coral reef sands, and the dolphin mouth.
Taxonomy
* Class "Fermentibacteria"
Kirkegaard 2016
** Order "Fermentibacterales"
Kirkegaard 2016
*** Family "Fermentibacteraceae"
Kirkegaard 2016
**** Genus "''Candidatus''
Fermentibacter"
Kirkegaard 2016
***** Species "''Ca.'' F. daniensis"
Kirkegaard 2016
**** Genus "''Candidatus''
Sabulitectum"
Saad et al. 2017
***** Species "''Ca.'' S. silens"
Saad et al. 2017
References
Candidatus taxa
Bacteria phyla
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