Modulibacteria

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Modulibacteria
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Modulibacteria"
Class:
"Moduliflexia"
Order:
"Moduliflexales"
Family:
"Moduliflexaceae"

Sekiguchi et al. 2015
Genus

Modulibacteria(Moduliflexota) is a bacterial phylum formerly known as KS3B3 or GN06. It is a candidate phylum, meaning there are no cultured representatives of this group. Members of the Modulibacteria phylum are known to cause fatal filament overgrowth (bulking) in high-rate industrial anaerobic wastewater treatment bioreactors. [1] [2]

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The Modulibacteria phylum was first proposed in 2006 by two independent research groups based on analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequences. One group recovered Modulibacteria sequences from the a hypersaline microbial mat from Guerrero Negro (Baja California Sur, Mexico) and used the provisional name GN06 for the novel phylum, [3] while the other recovered sequences from sulfur-rich black mud marine sediments (CA, USA) and used the provisional name KSB3. [4]

The first genomic insights into the phylum were achieved in 2015, at which time the name "Modulibacteria" was proposed. [5] Two genomes were recovered from methanogenic sludge samples of a full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating a high-strength organic wastewater discharged from a food-processing factory.

Through a combination of genome-based metabolic reconstruction and microscopic observation, it was determined that the two studied Modulibacteria species (Moduliflexus flocculans and Vecturithrix granuli) produce filamentous structures and are Gram-negative, strictly anaerobic fermenters capable of non-flagellar based gliding motility. Both have an unusually large number of sensory and response regulator genes compared to other bacteria. [5]

Members of the Modulibacteria phylum have been detected in a variety of environments in addition to bioreactors and hypersaline mats, such as wetland sediments (FJ516883.1), the dolphin mouth, [6] [7] and a tubeworm from a coldseep (FM165273).

Taxonomy

The following taxonomy was proposed by Sekiguchi et al. 2015 [5] [8] and phylogeny by GTDB 08-RS214 [9] [10] [11]

See also

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