Phylogeny and Metabolic Potential of the Candidate Phylum SAR324

• Published in: Biology
• Main Authors: Lukas Malfertheiner, Clara Martínez-Pérez, Zihao Zhao, Gerhard J. Herndl, Federico Baltar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: microbial ecology; metagenomics; comparative genomics; phylogeny; metabolism; nutrient cycling; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Calvin; Ross Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11040599; https://doaj.org/article/3a7af3abb99a4aeda92aa8a60095c9e2

The bacterial SAR324 cluster is ubiquitous and abundant in the ocean, especially around hydrothermal vents and in the deep sea, where it can account for up to 30% of the whole bacterial community. According to a new taxonomy generated using multiple universal protein-coding genes (instead of the pre...