Verrucomicrobiota

Verrucomicrobiota
	Transmission electron micrograph of stage II epixenosomes.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Superphylum:	PVC superphylum
Phylum:	Verrucomicrobiota; Hedlund 2021
Classes
	Opitutae Choo et al. 2007; Terrimicrobia García-López et al. 2020; Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998; Orders not assigned to a class "Candidatus Methylacidiphilales" Op den Camp et al. 2009; ; Genera not assigned to a class, order, or family "Fucophilus" Sakai et al. 2003; Limisphaera Anders et al. 2015; "Methylacidimicrobium" van Teeseling et al. 2014; "Candidatus Methyloacida" Islam et al. 2008; "Methylokorus" Dunfield et al. 2007; "Candidatus Nucleicoccus" corrig. Sato et al. 2014; "Candidatus Organicella" Williams et al. 2021; "Pedosphaera" Kant et al. 2011; "Candidatus Rhizospheria" Nunes da Rocha 2010; ;
Synonyms
	"Verrucomicrobaeota" Oren et al. 2015; "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund et al. 1997; "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund 2010; "Verrucomicrobia" Yoon et al. 2010; "Verrucomicrobiota" Whitman et al. 2018;

The phylum Verrucomicrobia is made up of six groups of gram-negative, spherical or rod-shaped bacteria that consume other plants or animals for energy and nutrients (heterotrophic). They are distributed throughout freshwater, marine, and soil habitats, as well as vertebrae digestive tracts including those of humans.^[2] The bacteria within this group exist as a free-living organisms or symbiont (organisms that live in close physical association) with eukaryotic hosts from nematode worms and marine sponges to the gut of sea cucumber, clam worm, and humans.^[3]

Planctobacteria Superphylum

Members of the Verrucomicrobia phylum (group) are a part of the Planctobacteria (PVC) superphylum, along with its “sister groups”; Chlamydiae and Lentisphaerae.^[4] Verrucomicrobia is distinguished from these other groups by a unique genetic change.

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