Acidobacteria 584598 219743593 2008-06-16T18:09:47Z 92.232.56.104 regnum - domain {{Taxobox | color = lightgrey | name = Acidobacteria | image = Acidobacterium.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Acidobacterium | domain = [[Bacterium|Bacteria]] | phylum = '''Acidobacteria''' | ordo = '''Acidobacteriales''' | familia = '''Acidobacteriaceae''' | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''[[Acidobacterium]]''<br> ''[[Geothrix]]''<br> ''[[Holophaga]]''<br> ''[[Chloracidobacterium]]'' }} '''Acidobacteria''' are a newly devised [[phylum]] of [[Bacterium|Bacteria]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=Quaiser>{{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}}</ref> As implied by their name they are [[Acidophile|acidophilic]] and were first recognized as a novel division in 1997.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Quaiser/> However, these bacteria may be an important contributor to [[ecosystem]]s, since they are particularly abundant within [[soil]]s.<ref>{{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}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==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] {{Extremophile}} [[Category:Bacteria]] [[Category:Microbiology]] {{Bacteria}} [[Category:Extremophiles]] {{bacteria-stub}} [[cs:Acidobacteria]] [[de:Acidobacteria]] [[es:Acidobacteria]] [[fr:Acidobacteria]] [[hu:Acidobaktériumok]] [[no:Acidobacteria]] [[uk:Acidobacteria]] [[zh:酸桿菌門]]