Diversity of Ktedonobacteria with Actinomycetes-Like Morphology in Terrestrial Environments.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria with an actinomycetes-like morphology have recently been discovered, and the class Ktedonobacteria was created for these bacteria in the phylum Chloroflexi. They may prove to be a valuable resource with the potential to produce unprecedented secondary metabolites. However, our understanding of their diversity, richness, habitat, and ecological significance is very limited. We herein developed a 16S rRNA gene-targeted, Ktedonobacteria-specific primer and analyzed ktedonobacterial amplicons. We investigated abundance, diversity, and community structure in forest and garden soils, sand, bark, geothermal sediment, and compost. Forest soils had the highest diversity among the samples tested (1181-2934 operational taxonomic units [OTUs]; Chao 1 estimate, 2503-5613; Shannon index, 4.21-6

SUBMITTER: Yabe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5371077 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature