These microbes have proven difficult to culture, however there are cases of it occurring. It is believed that these microbes may be able to play a role in bioremediation.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Acidobacteria
The Acidobacteria are an order of bacteria which are found in abundance in soils. In some soils they can be as much as 30% to 50% of the identifiable bacterial species. As the name suggests, they're acidophilic (acid loving). This order is a relatively new player in the Bacteria kingdom. We often find 16S rDNA Acidobacteria sequences when we do our sampling. I'm attaching a phylogenetic tree of one such study. Each branch of the tree (separated by differently colored boxes) indicates a different Acidobacteriaceae genus.
These microbes have proven difficult to culture, however there are cases of it occurring. It is believed that these microbes may be able to play a role in bioremediation.
These microbes have proven difficult to culture, however there are cases of it occurring. It is believed that these microbes may be able to play a role in bioremediation.
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