Fertabacteria is a candidate bacterial phylum of the Candidate Phyla Radiation, first proposed in 2017 after analysis of a genome from the mouth of a bottlenose dolphin. Members of this phylum are predicted to have been widely under-detected in 16S rRNA gene-based surveys of community composition due to mismatches between commonly used primers and the corresponding primer site. Fertabacteria have been retroactively detected in a variety of environments.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Infrakingdom: | CPR group |
| Phylum: | Fertabacteria Dudek et al. 2017 |
Description
editFertabacteria is a bacterial phylum candidate status, meaning there are no cultured representatives from this phylum to date. It is a member of the Candidate Phyla Radiation and may be a sister phylum to Peregrinibacteria.[1]
History
editThe Fertabacteria phylum was first proposed in 2017 following the recovery and analysis of a genome from the mouth of a bottlenose dolphin.[1] Members of this phylum are predicted to have been widely under-detected in 16S rRNA gene-based surveys of community composition due to mismatches between commonly used primers and the corresponding primer site,[1] as has been observed for many other members of the Candidate Phyla Radiation.[2] The name "Fertabacteria" was proposed in recognition of this characteristic, as "ferta" is Latin for "tricky".
Members of the Fertabacteria have been detected (retroactively) in a variety of environments, including the Caribbean coral Montastrea faveolata (FJ403053.1), the Guerrero Negro hypersaline microbial mat (JN443099.1), and the surface of marine macro-alga Ulva australis (DQ269036).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Dudek, Natasha K.; Sun, Christine L.; Burstein, David; Kantor, Rose S.; Goltsman, Daniela S. Aliaga; Bik, Elisabeth M.; Thomas, Brian C.; Banfield, Jillian F.; Relman, David A. (2017-12-18). "Novel Microbial Diversity and Functional Potential in the Marine Mammal Oral Microbiome". Current Biology. 27 (24): 3752–3762.e6. Bibcode:2017CBio...27E3752D. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.040. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 29153320.
- ^ Brown, Christopher T.; Hug, Laura A.; Thomas, Brian C.; Sharon, Itai; Castelle, Cindy J.; Singh, Andrea; Wilkins, Michael J.; Wrighton, Kelly C.; Williams, Kenneth H.; Banfield, Jillian F. (2015-07-09). "Unusual biology across a group comprising more than 15% of domain Bacteria" (PDF). Nature. 523 (7559): 208–211. Bibcode:2015Natur.523..208B. doi:10.1038/nature14486. ISSN 1476-4687. OSTI 1512215. PMID 26083755. S2CID 4397558.