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Enigmatic, ultrasmall, uncultivated Archaea

Citation
Baker et al. (2010). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (19)
Names
Ca. Micrarchaeum Ca. Micrarchaeum acidiphilum
Abstract
Metagenomics has provided access to genomes of as yet uncultivated microorganisms in natural environments, yet there are gaps in our knowledge—particularly for Archaea—that occur at relatively low abundance and in extreme environments. Ultrasmall cells (<500 nm in diameter) from lineages without cultivated representatives that branch near the crenarchaeal/euryarchaeal divide have been detected in a variety of acidic ecosystems. We reconstructed composite, near-complete ~1-Mb geno

Genome of an Endosymbiont Coupling N 2 Fixation to Cellulolysis Within Protist Cells in Termite Gut

Citation
Hongoh et al. (2008). Science 322 (5904)
Names
Azobacteroides Azobacteroides pseudotrichonymphae Ts
Abstract
Termites harbor diverse symbiotic gut microorganisms, the majority of which are as yet uncultivable and their interrelationships unclear. Here, we present the complete genome sequence of the uncultured Bacteroidales endosymbiont of the cellulolytic protist Pseudotrichonympha grassii, which accounts for 70% of the bacterial cells in the gut of the termite Coptotermes formosanus . Functional annotation of the chromosome (1,114,206 base p