Atribacter

Atribacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Atribacterota
Class: Atribacteria
Order: Atribacterales
Family: Atribacteraceae
Genus: Atribacter
Katayama et al. 2021
Type species
Atribacter laminatus
Katayama et al. 2021
Species
  • "Ca. A. allofermentans"
  • "Ca. A. alterifermentans"
  • "Ca. A. fermentans"
  • "Ca. A. hydrocarboniphilus"
  • A. laminatus
Morphology and membrane structure in Atribacter laminatus (type strain RT761) cells showing the presence of three lipid membrane-like layers with the innermost layer (3) surrounding the nucleoid (N). Scale bar at 0.5 μm.

Atribacter is a genus of bacteria of the candidate phylum Atribacterota with one known species (Atribacter laminatus).

Phylogeny

120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226
Atribacter

"Ca. A. alterifermentans" Jiao et al. 2024

"Ca. A. fermentans" Jiao et al. 2024

"Ca. A. allofermentans" Jiao et al. 2024

"Ca. A. hydrocarboniphilus" Jiao et al. 2024

A. laminatus Katayama et al. 2021

References

  1. 1 2 Atribacter in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (2026). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 54 (D1): D884–D891. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  2. ↑ Schoch CL; et al. "Atribacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  3. ↑ Katayama, Taiki; Nobu, Masaru K.; Kusada, Hiroyuki; Meng, Xian-Ying; Hosogi, Naoki; Uematsu, Katsuyuki; Yoshioka, Hideyoshi; Kamagata, Yoichi; Tamaki, Hideyuki (14 December 2020). "Isolation of a member of the candidate phylum 'Atribacteria' reveals a unique cell membrane structure". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 6381. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.6381K. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20149-5. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7736352. PMID 33318506.
  4. ↑ "Atribacter". www.uniprot.org.
  5. ↑ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.