''Parvibacter'' is a genus in the phylum
Actinomycetota
The Actinomycetota (or Actinobacteria) are a diverse phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high GC content. They can be terrestrial or aquatic. They are of great importance to land flora because of their contributions to soil systems. In soil t ...
containing a single species, ''Parvibacter caecicola''.
Taxonomy
In 2018, Nouioui ''et al.'' proposed merging the genus ''Parvibacter'' along with the genera ''
Asaccharobacter and
Enterorhabdus'' within the genus ''
Aldercreutzia'' based on observed clustering of these genera within phylogenetic trees.
However, subsequent phylogenetic analyses observed that ''Parvibacter caecicola'' exhibited much deeper branching compared to other ''Aldercreutzia'' species.
Its phylogenetic distinctness was further demonstrated by the presence of five
conserved signature indels (CSIs) that are exclusively shared by all ''Aldercreutzia'' species except for ''P. caecicola''.
Thus, ''P. caecicola'' was transferred back into the genus ''Parvibacter,'' which continues to be a validly published genus.
See also
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List of bacteria genera
This article lists the genera of the bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, ...
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List of bacterial orders
This article lists the orders of the Bacteria. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
and the phylogeny is based on 16 ...
References
Actinomycetota
Bacteria genera
Monotypic bacteria genera
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