Patescibacterium

Citation

Formal styling

Patescibacterium Dutkiewicz et al., 2025 (priority 2024)

Effective publication

Dutkiewicz et al., 2025

SeqCode status

Valid (SeqCode)

Register List

seqco.de/r:gs62mgo0 (validated)

Canonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:48242

Nomenclature

Rank

Genus

Inferred stem

Patescibacteri-

Syllabication

Pa.tes.ci.bac.te'ri.um

Etymology

L. verb. patesco, to become visible, bare; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Patescibacterium, bare bacterium

Nomenclatural type

Patescibacterium danicum^Ts

Nomenclatural status

Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description

The description of the genus is based on the single species which is characterized by a small genome size below 1 Mbp and inferred to lack nucleotide and amino acid synthesis, which is compensated by encoded DNA uptake and peptide cleaving abilities. The lack of a pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) and a complete tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle leaves anaerobic glycolysis, albeit without the key enzyme phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1), as a means of energy conservation. 
The type species of the genus is Patescibacterium danicum, obtained from the Mariagerfjord WWTP in Denmark.

Classification

Bacteria » Patescibacteriota » Patescibacteriia » Patescibacteriales » Patescibacteriaceae » Patescibacterium

Parent

Patescibacteriaceae gtdb assigned in Dutkiewicz et al., 2025

Children (1)

• Patescibacterium danicum^Ts gtdb

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• GTDB Tree: g__Patescibacterium
• Wikispecies: Patescibacterium
• Wikidata: Q133292477

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide

Local history

• This name was last modified 10 months ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered

Over 1 year ago by Rinke, Chris

Submitted

About 1 year ago by Rinke, Chris

Curators

• Palmer, Marike (nomenclature)
• Rodriguez-R, Luis M (genomics)

Validated

10 months ago by Rodriguez-R, Luis M

Date of priority

2024-12-01 08:11 PM (UTC)