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Wirthbacteria

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Wirthbacteria
Scientific classification
Domain:
(unranked):
Phylum:
"Wirthbacteria"

Hug et al. 2016
Genus:
Type species
"Ca. W. wanneri"
Probst et al. 2017

Candidatus Wirthbacteria is a proposed bacterial phylum containing only one known sample from the Crystal Geyser aquifer, Ca. Wirthibacter wanneri. This bacterium stands out in a basal position in some trees of life as it is closely related to Candidate phyla radiation but is not considered part of that clade.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Probst, AJ; Castelle, CJ; Singh, A; Brown, CT; Anantharaman, K; Sharon, I; Hug, LA; Burstein, D; Emerson, JB; Thomas, BC; Banfield, JF (February 2017). "Genomic resolution of a cold subsurface aquifer community provides metabolic insights for novel microbes adapted to high CO2 concentrations". Environmental Microbiology. 19 (2): 459–474. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13362. OSTI 1567074. PMID 27112493. S2CID 21126011.