Abditibacterium utsteinense sp. nov., the first cultivated member of candidate phylum FBP, isolated from ice-free Antarctic soil samples

• Published in: Systematic and Applied Microbiology
• Main Authors: Tahon, Guillaume, Tytgat, Bjorn, Lebbe, Liesbeth, Carlier, Aurélien, Willems, Anne
• Other Authors: University College Ghent, Laboratoire des interactions plantes micro-organismes (LIPM), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), FWO : G.0146.12, Belgian Science Policy Office (project CCAMBIO), EMBRC Belgium (FWO) : GOH3817N, Ghent University, Hercules Foundation, Flemish Government - department EWI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Antarctica; Abditibacteriota; Sor Rondane Mountains; Utsteinen; Cultivation; [SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Sor-Rondane; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02962216; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2018.01.009

Most bacterial lineages are known only by molecular sequence data from environmental surveys and represent the uncultivated majority. One of these lineages, candidate phylum FBP, is widespread in extreme environments on Earth, ranging from polar and desert ecosystems to wastewater and contaminated m...