Fibrobacterota

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Fibrobacterota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Clade: FCB group
Phylum: Fibrobacterota
Garrity & Holt 2021[1]
Classes
Synonyms
  • "Fibrobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015
  • "Fibrobacteres" Garrity and Holt 2001
  • "Fibrobacterota" Whitman et al. 2018
  • "Raymondbacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016

Fibrobacterota is a small

Fibrobacter (the only genus of Fibrobacterota) was removed from the genus Bacteroides in 1988.[2]

Phylogeny and Comparative Genomic Studies

Although Fibrobacterota is currently recognized as a distinct phylum, phylogenetic studies based RpoC and Gyrase B protein sequences, indicate that Fibrobacter succinogenes is closely related to the species from the phyla Bacteroidetes and Chlorobi.[3] The species from these three phyla also branch in the same position based upon conserved signature indels in a number of important proteins.[4] Lastly and most importantly, comparative genomic studies have identified two conserved signature indels (a 5-7 amino acid insert in the RpoC protein and a 13-16 amino acid insertion in serine hydroxymethyltransferase) and one signature protein (PG00081) that are uniquely shared by all of the species from these three phyla.[5] All of these results provide compelling evidence that the species from these three phyla shared a common ancestor exclusive of all other bacteria and it has been proposed that they should all recognized as part of a single “FCB”superphylum.[3][5]

Phylogeny

Phylogeny of Fibrobacterota.

16S rRNA based
LTP_12_2021[6][7][8]
120 single copy marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[9][10][11]
Chitinivibrionia
Chitinivibrionales
Chitinispirillaceae

Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum

Chitinivibrionaceae

Chitinivibrio alkaliphilus

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)[12] and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[13]

phylum Fibrobacterota and some of its phylogenetic neighbours
  • Class
    Chitinispirillia
    Sorokin et al. 2016
    • Order
      Chitinispirillales
      Sorokin et al. 2016]
  • Class
    Chitinivibrionia
    Sorokin et al. 2014
    • Order
      Chitinivibrionales
      Sorokin et al. 2014
  • Class Fibrobacteria Spain et al. 2012

Distribution

The phylum Fibrobacterota is considered to be closely related to the CFB [Cytophaga-Flavibacterium-Bacteroidota].[5] It contains the genus Fibrobacter, which has strains present in the guts of many mammals including cattle and pigs.[14] The two described species in this genus namely, Fibrobacter succinogenes and Fibrobacter intestinalis are important members of fibrolytic communities in mammalian guts and have received a lot of attention in recent decades due to the long-standing interest microbes capable of degrading plant fiber.

Molecular evidence based on the amplification of 16rRNA genes from various environments suggest that the phylum is much more widespread than previously thought.[15][16] Most of the clones from mammalian environments group along with the known isolates in what has been called subphylum 1.[16] Members of subphylum 2 however, have so far been found only in the gut of termites.[16][17] and in some litter-feeding cockroaches.[18] The predominance of subphylum 2 in cellulolytic fibre-associated bacterial communities in hindguts of wood-feeding Nasutitermes corniger suggests that they play an important role in the breakdown of plant material in higher termites.[19]

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