Patescibacteria aka Candidate Phyla Radiation becomes the phylum Minisyncoccota with Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus as the type species. Anaerobic parasitic bacterium grow on #methanogen M. hungatei cells as a host.
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Our archaea-parasitizing bacterium Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus from Minisyncoccota/CPR/Patescibacteria featured as Microbe of the Month! Amazing culture and images @kuroda-kyohei.bsky.social
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Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly Ca. Patescibacteria
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I told everyone! 😏 If you want to co-culture CPR/DPANN epibionts, try to filter-purify them and add them into pure cultures. For Minisyncoccus they used 0.45 um filters and a suspected host. I'd recommend 0.2 um filters and a panel of various isolates.

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新たな門"Minisyncoccota"の細菌を培養することに成功し、この細菌をMinisyncoccus archaeiphilusと命名。

産総研が新たな門を代表する基準株となるバクテリアを世界で初めて培養するのはこれで5例目。強すぎ

メタン生成アーキアに寄生するバクテリア
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Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., ... and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly referred to as Candidatus Patescibacteria or CPR www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #jcampubs

Scientists isolate ultrasmall #bacteria that #parasitize #methanogenic #archaea.

#Minisyncoccus #Methanospirillum

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Scientists have successfully cultivated a new bacterial strain, Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus, that parasitizes methanogenic archaea, a first in microbial research, with implications for wastewater treatment.