Fertabacteria is a
candidate
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* to be elected to an office — in this case a candidate selection procedure occurs.
* ...
bacterial phylum of the
Candidate Phyla Radiation
The candidate phyla radiation (also referred to as CPR group) is a large evolutionary radiation of bacterial lineages whose members are mostly uncultivated and only known from metagenomics and single cell sequencing. They have been described as n ...
, first proposed in 2017 after analysis of a genome from the mouth of a
bottlenose dolphin. Members of this phylum are predicted to have been widely under-detected in
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-based surveys of community composition due to mismatches between commonly used
primers and the corresponding
primer site. Fertabacteria have been retroactively detected in a variety of environments.
Description
Fertabacteria is a
bacterial phylum candidate
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* to be elected to an office — in this case a candidate selection procedure occurs.
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status, meaning there are no
cultured representatives from this phylum to date. It is a member of the
Candidate Phyla Radiation
The candidate phyla radiation (also referred to as CPR group) is a large evolutionary radiation of bacterial lineages whose members are mostly uncultivated and only known from metagenomics and single cell sequencing. They have been described as n ...
and may be a sister phylum to
Peregrinibacteria.
History
The Fertabacteria phylum was first proposed in 2017 following the recovery and analysis of a genome from the mouth of a
bottlenose dolphin.
Members of this phylum are predicted to have been widely under-detected in
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-based surveys of community composition due to mismatches between commonly used
primers and the corresponding
primer site,
as has been observed for many other members of the
Candidate Phyla Radiation
The candidate phyla radiation (also referred to as CPR group) is a large evolutionary radiation of bacterial lineages whose members are mostly uncultivated and only known from metagenomics and single cell sequencing. They have been described as n ...
.
The name "Fertabacteria" was proposed in recognition of this characteristic, as "ferta" is Latin for "tricky".
Members of the Fertabacteria have been detected (retroactively) in a variety of environments, including the Caribbean coral ''
Montastrea faveolata''
FJ403053.1'','' the Guerrero Negro hypersaline microbial mat
JN443099.1, and the surface of marine macro-alga ''
Ulva australis''
DQ269036.
References
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Candidatus taxa
Bacteria phyla