Katanobacteria

Katanobacteria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
(unranked):	CPR group
Phylum:	"Katanobacteria" Hug et al. 2016b

Katanobacteria is a bacterial phylum formerly known as WWE3. It has candidate status, meaning there are no cultured representatives, and is a member of the Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR).

The Katanobacteria phylum was first proposed in 2008 following the analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences from a mesophilic anaerobic digester.[1] The name "Katanobacteria" comes from the Hebrew word "katan", which translates to "small".[2] This is presumably a nod to the small cell size and/or genome size of members of this phylum (and most members of the CPR).

See also

• List of bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders

References

1. Guermazi, Sonda; Daegelen, Patrick; Dauga, Catherine; Rivière, Delphine; Bouchez, Théodore; Godon, Jean Jacques; Gyapay, Gábor; Sghir, Abdelghani; Pelletier, Eric; Weissenbach, Jean; Le Paslier, Denis (August 2008). "Discovery and characterization of a new bacterial candidate division by an anaerobic sludge digester metagenomic approach". Environmental Microbiology. 10 (8): 2111–2123. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01632.x. ISSN 1462-2920. PMC 2702496. PMID 18459975.
2. Hug, Laura A.; Baker, Brett J.; Anantharaman, Karthik; Brown, Christopher T.; Probst, Alexander J.; Castelle, Cindy J.; Butterfield, Cristina N.; Hernsdorf, Alex W.; Amano, Yuki; Ise, Kotaro; Suzuki, Yohey (2016-04-11). "A new view of the tree of life". Nature Microbiology. 1 (5): 16048. doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.48. ISSN 2058-5276. PMID 27572647.