Acidobacteria
Acidobacteria is a phylum of bacteria. Its members are physiologically diverse and ubiquitous, especially in soils, but are under-represented in culture.[2][3][4]
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Phylum: | Acidobacteria Thrash and Coates 2012[1] |
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Description
Members of this phylum are physiologically diverse, and can be found in a variety of environments including soil, hot springs, oceans, caves, and metal-contaminated soils.[5] The members of this phylum are particularly abundant in soil habitats representing up to 52% of the total bacterial community.[6] Environmental factors such as pH and nutrients have been seen to drive Acidobacteria dynamics.[7][8][9] Many Acidobacteria are acidophilic, including the first described member of the phylum, Acidobacterium capsulatum.[10]
Other notable species are Holophaga foetida,[11] Geothrix fermentans,[12] Acanthopleuribacter pedis[13] and Bryobacter aggregatus.[14] 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.[3] However, these bacteria may be an important contributor to ecosystems, since they are particularly abundant within soils.[15] Members of subdivisions 1,4,and 6 are found to be particularly abundant in soils.[16]
As well as their natural soil habitat, unclassified subdivision 2 Acidobacteria have also been identified as a contaminant of DNA extraction kit reagents, which may lead to their erroneous appearance in microbiota or metagenomic datasets.[17]
Members of subdivision 1 have been found to dominate in low pH conditions.[18][7] Additionally, Acidobacteria from acid mine drainage have been found to be more adapted to acidic pH conditions (pH 2-3) compared to Acidobacteria from soils,[19] potentially due to cell specialization and enzyme stability.[7]
The G+C content of Acidobacteria genomes are consistent within their subdivisions - above 60% for group V fragments and roughly 10% lower for group III fragments.[3]
The majority of Acidobacteria are considered aerobes.[20][21] There are some Acidobacteria that are considered anaerobes within subdivision 8[12] and subdivision 23.[22] It has been found that some strains of Acidobacteria originating from soils have the genomic potential to respire oxygen at atmospheric and sub-atmospheric concentrations.[21]
Members of the Acidobacteria phylum have been considered oligotrophic bacteria due to high abundances in low organic carbon environments.[7] However, the variation in this phylum may indicate that they may not have the same ecological strategy.[7]
History
The first species, Acidobacterium capsulatum, of this phylum was discovered in 1991.[23] However, Acidobacteria were not recognized as a novel division until 1997,[10] and were not recognized as a phylum until 2012.[24]
Metabolism
Carbon
Some members of subdivision 1 are able to use D-glucose, D-xylose, and lactose as carbon sources,[7] but are unable to use fucose or sorbose.[25] Members of subdivision 1 also contain enzymes such as galactosidases used in the breakdown of sugars.[7] Members of subdivision 4 have been found to use chitin as a carbon source.[26][27][7]
Nitrogen
There has been no clear evidence that Acidobacteria are involved in nitrogen-cycle processes such as nitrification, denitrification, or nitrogen fixation.[7] However, Geothrix fermantans was shown to be able to reduce nitrate and contained the norB gene.[7] The NorB gene was also identified in Koribacter verstailis and Solibacter usitatus.[28][7] In addition, the presence of the nirA gene has been observed in members of subdivision 1.[7] Additionally, to date, all genomes have been described to directly uptake ammonium via ammonium channel transporter family genes.[21][7] Acidobacteria can use both inorganic and organic nitrogen as their nitrogen sources.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[29][30] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 by The All-Species Living Tree Project.[31]
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Notes:
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)
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