The name for this organism is now Candidatus Koribacter versatilis Ellin345 (Ward et al. 2009). Candidatus Koribacter versatilis Ellin345 is a member of the subdivision 1 (Hugenholtz et al. 1998) of the phylum Acidobacteria. It was isolated from soil of an Australian pasture (Sait et al. 2002). The bacterium is a gram-negative, highly capsulated, aerobic heterotroph that grows with a range of sugars, sugar polymers, and some organic acids. This group is widely distributed in soils, and members makes up to 14% of soil bacterial communities (mean = 3.3%). Isolate Ellin345 belongs to a candidate order-level grouping phylogenetically distinct (Sait et al. 2002) from the order Acidobacteriales that contains Acidobacterium capsulatum, the type species of the phylum Acidobacteria. Acidobacterium capsulatum was isolated from an acid-mine drainage impacted site (Kishimoto et al. 1991), but Ellin345 is an isolate from soil. References: Ward, Naomi L., et al., Three Genomes from the Phylum Acidobacteria Provide Insight into the Lifestyles of These Microorganisms in Soils, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2009, 75:2046-2056. Hugenholtz, P.,
B. M. Goebel, and N. R. Pace. 1998. Impact of culture-independent studies
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