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Acidobacteria are a newly devised phylum of Bacteria.[1][2] As implied by their name they are acidophilic and were first recognized as a novel division in 1997.[3] 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.[2] However, these bacteria may be an important contributor to ecosystems, since they are particularly abundant within soils.[4]
References
- ^ Barns SM, Cain EC, Sommerville L, Kuske CR (2007). "Acidobacteria phylum sequences in uranium-contaminated subsurface sediments greatly expand the known diversity within the phylum". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73 (9): 3113–6. doi:. PMID 17337544.
- ^ a b Quaiser A, Ochsenreiter T, Lanz C, et al (2003). "Acidobacteria form a coherent but highly diverse group within the bacterial domain: evidence from environmental genomics". Mol. Microbiol. 50 (2): 563–75. doi:. PMID 14617179.
- ^ Kuske CR, Barns SM, Busch JD (1997). "Diverse uncultivated bacterial groups from soils of the arid southwestern United States that are present in many geographic regions". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63 (9): 3614–21. PMID 9293013.
- ^ Eichorst SA, Breznak JA, Schmidt TM (2007). "Isolation and characterization of soil bacteria that define Terriglobus gen. nov., in the phylum Acidobacteria". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73 (8): 2708–17. doi:. PMID 17293520.
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