Atribacterota
| Atribacterota | |
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| Morphology and membrane structure in Atribacter laminatus (type strain RT761) | |
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Katayama et al. 2021[1] |
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Atribacterota is a phylum of bacteria, which are common in anoxic sediments rich in methane. They are distributed worldwide and in some cases abundant in anaerobic marine sediments, geothermal springs, and oil deposits. Genetic analyses suggest a heterotrophic metabolism that gives rise to fermentation products such as acetate, ethanol, and CO2. These products in turn can support methanogens within the sediment microbial community and explain the frequent occurrence of Atribacterota in methane-rich anoxic sediments.[2][3] According to phylogenetic analysis, Atribacterota appears to be related to several thermophilic phyla within Pseudomonadati.[4] According to research, Atribacterota shows patterns of gene expressions which consists of fermentative, acetogenic metabolism. These expressions let Atribacterota to be able to create catabolic and anabolic functions which are necessary to generate cellular reproduction, even when the energy levels are limited due to the depletion of dissolved oxygen in the areas of sea waters, fresh waters, or ground waters.[5]
- ^ Oren A, Garrity GM (2021). "Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 71 (10): 5056. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005056. PMID 34694987. S2CID 239887308.
- ^ Nobu, M. K., Dodsworth, J. A., Murugapiran, S. K., Rinke, C., Gies, E. A., Webster, G., ... & Jørgensen, B. B. (2016) Phylogeny and physiology of candidate phylum 'Atribacteria' (OP9/JS1) inferred from cultivation-independent genomics. The ISME journal, 10(2), 273-286.
- ^ Carr, S. A., Orcutt, B. N., Mandernack, K. W., & Spear, J. R. (2015). Abundant Atribacteria in deep marine sediment from the Adélie Basin, Antarctica. Frontiers in microbiology, 6.
- ^ Göker, Markus; Oren, Aharon (2024). "Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 74 (1): 006242. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006242. ISSN 1466-5034. PMID 38252124.
- ^ Vuillemin, Aurèle; Vargas, Sergio; Coskun, Ömer K.; Pockalny, Robert; Murray, Richard W.; Smith, David C.; D’Hondt, Steven; Orsi, William D. (2020-07-11). "Atribacteria reproducing over millions of years in the Atlantic abyssal subseafloor". mBio. 11 (5). bioRxiv 10.1101/2020.07.10.198200. doi:10.1128/mbio.01937-20. PMC 7542362. PMID 33024037.