Acidobacteriota

Acidobacteriota
Acidobacterium cf. capsulatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Acidobacteriota
Thrash and Coates 2021[1]
Type genus
Acidobacterium
Kishimoto et al. 1991
Classes[2]
Synonyms
  • "Acidobacteria" Thrash and Coates 2010[3]
  • "Acidobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015
  • "Acidobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018

Acidobacteriota is a phylum of Gram-negative bacteria. Its members are physiologically diverse and ubiquitous, especially in soils, but are under-represented in culture.[4][5][6]

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