Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations

• Published in: The ISME Journal
• Main Authors: Ji, Mukan, Williams, Timothy J., Montgomery, Kate, Wong, Hon Lun, Zaugg, Julian, Berengut, Jonathan F., Bissett, Andrew, Chuvochina, Maria, Hugenholtz, Philip, Ferrari, Belinda C.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Calvin; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8397712/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33753881; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00944-8

Candidatus phylum Eremiobacterota (formerly WPS-2) is an as-yet-uncultured bacterial clade that takes its name from Ca. Eremiobacter, an Antarctic soil aerobe proposed to be capable of a novel form of chemolithoautotrophy termed atmospheric chemosynthesis, that uses the energy derived from atmospher...