Montgomery, Kate


Publications
5

Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations

Citation
Ji et al. (2021). The ISME Journal 15 (9)
Names
“Eremiobacterota” “Mawsoniella” “Mawsoniella australis” “Cryoxeromicrobium” “Cryoxeromicrobium davisii” “Nyctobacter” “Nyctobacter psychrophilus” “Erabacter” “Erabacter solicola” “Hesperobacter” “Hesperobacter lustricola” “Meridianibacter” “Meridianibacter frigidus” “Aquilonibacter” “Aquilonibacter stordalenmirensis” “Tyrphobacter” “Tyrphobacter aquilonaris” “Tumulicola” “Tumulicola scandinaviensis” “Cybelea” “Cybelea septentrionalis” “Cybelea tumulisoli” “Cybelea tyrphae” “Cybelea palsarum” “Palsibacter” “Palsibacter borealis” “Hemerobacter” “Hemerobacter limicola” “Velthaea” “Velthaea versatilis” “Lustribacter” “Lustribacter caenicola” “Lustribacter telmatis” “Elarobacter” “Elarobacter winogradskyi” “Elarobacter vanleeuwenhoeki” “Elarobacter pasteuri” “Elarobacter beijerinckii” “Tityobacter” “Tityobacter terrigena” “Xenobium” “Xenobium occultum” “Bruticola” “Bruticola papionis” “Xenobium purgamenti” “Xenobiaceae” “Eremiobacterales” “Eremiobacteraceae” “Eremiobacter” “Eremiobacter antarcticus” “Eremiobacteria” “Zemelea palustris” “Zemelea” “Xenobiales” “Xenobiia”
Abstract
Abstract Candidatus phylum Eremiobacterota (formerly WPS-2) is an as-yet-uncultured bacterial clade that takes its name from Ca. Eremiobacter, an Antarctic soil aerobe proposed to be capable of a novel form of chemolithoautotrophy termed atmospheric chemosynthesis, that uses the energy derived from atmospheric H2-oxidation to fix CO2 through the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle via type 1E RuBisCO. To elucidate the phylogenetic affiliation and metabolic capacities of Ca. Eremioba

Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient‐poor Antarctic soils

Citation
Montgomery et al. (2021). Environmental Microbiology 23 (8)
Names
“Dormibacter” “Dormibacter spiritus” “Dormibacter inghamiae” “Nephthysia” “Nephthysia bennettiae” “Aeolococcus gillhamiae” “Amunia” “Amunia macphersoniae” “Aeolococcales” “Aeolococcaceae” “Aeolococcus” “Dormibacteria” “Dormibacterota”
Abstract
SummaryCandidatus Dormibacterota is an uncultured bacterial phylum found predominantly in soil that is present in high abundances within cold desert soils. Here, we interrogate nine metagenome‐assembled genomes (MAGs), including six new MAGs derived from soil metagenomes obtained from two eastern Antarctic sites. Phylogenomic and taxonomic analyses revealed these MAGs represent four genera and five species, representing two order‐level clades within Ca. Dormibacterota. Metabolic reconstructions

Novel dichloromethane-fermenting bacteria in the Peptococcaceae family

Citation
Holland et al. (2021). The ISME Journal 15 (6)
Names
Ca. Formimonas warabiya
Abstract
AbstractDichloromethane (DCM; CH2Cl2) is a toxic groundwater pollutant that also has a detrimental effect on atmospheric ozone levels. As a dense non-aqueous phase liquid, DCM migrates vertically through groundwater to low redox zones, yet information on anaerobic microbial DCM transformation remains scarce due to a lack of cultured organisms. We report here the characterisation of DCMF, the dominant organism in an anaerobic enrichment culture (DFE) capable of fermenting DCM to the environmental