Acidobacteria

Taxobox
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name = Acidobacteria

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = Acidobacterium
domain = Bacteria
phylum = Acidobacteria
ordo = Acidobacteriales
familia = Acidobacteriaceae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Acidobacterium"
"Geothrix"
"Holophaga"
"Chloracidobacterium"

Acidobacteria are a newly devised phylum of Bacteria. [cite journal |author=Barns SM, Cain EC, Sommerville L, Kuske CR |title=Acidobacteria phylum sequences in uranium-contaminated subsurface sediments greatly expand the known diversity within the phylum |journal=Appl. Environ. Microbiol. |volume=73 |issue=9 |pages=3113–6 |year=2007 |pmid=17337544 |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17337544 |doi=10.1128/AEM.02012-06] cite journal |author=Quaiser A, Ochsenreiter T, Lanz C, "et al" |title=Acidobacteria form a coherent but highly diverse group within the bacterial domain: evidence from environmental genomics |journal=Mol. Microbiol. |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=563–75 |year=2003 |pmid=14617179 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03707.x] As implied by their name they are acidophilic and were first recognized as a novel division in 1997. [cite journal |author=Kuske CR, Barns SM, Busch JD |title=Diverse uncultivated bacterial groups from soils of the arid southwestern United States that are present in many geographic regions |journal=Appl. Environ. Microbiol. |volume=63 |issue=9 |pages=3614–21 |year=1997 |pmid=9293013 |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=9293013] Since they have only recently been discovered and the large majority have not been cultured, the ecology and metabolism of these bacteria is not well understood. However, these bacteria may be an important contributor to ecosystems, since they are particularly abundant within soils. [cite journal |author=Eichorst SA, Breznak JA, Schmidt TM |title=Isolation and characterization of soil bacteria that define Terriglobus gen. nov., in the phylum Acidobacteria |journal=Appl. Environ. Microbiol. |volume=73 |issue=8 |pages=2708–17 |year=2007 |pmid=17293520 |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17293520 |doi=10.1128/AEM.02140-06]

References

External links

* [http://cmr.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR/GenomePage.cgi?org=ntab02 "Acidobacteria bacterium Ellin345" Genome Page]

* [http://www.genomesonline.org/search.cgi?colcol=all&goldstamp=ALL&gen_type=ALL&org_name1=genus&gensp=Acidobacterium&org_domain=ALL&org_status=ALL&size2=ALL&org_size=Kb&gen_gc=ALL&phylogeny2=ALL&gen_institution=ALL&gen_funding=ALL&gen_data=ALL&cont=ALL&gen_country=ALL&gen_pheno=ALL&gen_eco=ALL&gen_disease=ALL&gen_relevance=ALL&gen_avail=ALL&selection=submit+search Acidobacterium Genome Projects] (from [http://www.genomesonline.org Genomes OnLine Database] )

* [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070726142026.htm Science Daily article]

* [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=098146BA-E7F2-99DF-352819E585277D72&chanID=sa003 Scientific American article]