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new pili for the lilliputians (CPR/Patescibacteria) 👇
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Figure 1. (D) Representative cryo-675 EM micrograph showing morphologically uniform filaments. Red and green arrowheads indicate the two distinct pilus types identified by 2D classification. Scale bar, 100 nm
June 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
evgenii-protasov.bsky.social
"Current Understanding of Taxonomy and Ecology of the Phylum Minisyncoccota" aka Patescibacteriota or Candidate Phyla Radiation.
#microbiology #bacteria #taxonomy #MicrobialEcology #MicroSky
doi.org/10.1264/jsme...
Current Understanding of Taxonomy and Ecology of the Phylum Minisyncoccota
The phylum Minisyncoccota (formerly known as “Candidatus Patescibacteria”/candidate phyla radiation [CPR] and designated under SeqCode as Patescibacte …
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May 24, 2026 at 12:59 PM
kuroda-kyohei.bsky.social
Very happy to share our review on the taxonomy and ecology of phylum Minisyncoccota.
A great collaboration with Prof. Kindaichi and Dr. Fujii!

Current Understanding of Taxonomy and Ecology of the Phylum Minisyncoccota
doi.org/10.1264/jsme...
Current Understanding of Taxonomy and Ecology of the Phylum Minisyncoccota
The phylum Minisyncoccota (formerly known as “Candidatus Patescibacteria”/candidate phyla radiation [CPR] and designated under SeqCode as Patescibacte …
doi.org
May 11, 2026 at 10:38 PM
amikura.bsky.social
Pleased to share our new paper. Group I introns uniquely accumulate in Patescibacteria (formerly CPR bacteria), are inserted at an unusual tRNA position (35/36), and belong to a distinct intron class. Congratulations, Yuna! mSystems journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Group I introns in tRNA genes of Patescibacteria | mSystems
Introns were traditionally thought to be rare in bacteria, yet their occurrence and diversity may have been underestimated. Here, we present the first comprehensive overview of group I and group II in...
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February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
amikura.bsky.social
Our paper is out! Analysis of 30K+ genomes revealed that CPR bacteria assemble their ribosomes in unconventional ways, and that these assembly processes appear to have co-evolved with ribosome structure. doi.org/10.1093/molb... #Ribosome #Evolution #Patescibacteria #MBE
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social
yes, 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 (CPR/Patescibacteria, TM7/Saccharibacteria) in the oral microbiome with its actinobacterial host...
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Life After CPR
by Mechas Zambrano and Roberto — For most English speakers, CPR would be assumed to stand for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, oftentimes a real life saver. But for many readers of this blog, the acrony...
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August 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social
yes, I remember the banfield lab had occasionally spirochaetes in their 0.2 μ filtrates when they fished for the CPR lilliputians (CPR/Patescibacteria)
May 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
evgenii-protasov.bsky.social
Ultramicrobacteria of the Candidate Phyla Radiation (Patescibacteria) from hyperalkaline ecosystems provide their host with folate
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Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) bacteria from hyperalkaline ecosystems provide novel insight into their symbiotic lifestyle and ecological implications - Microbiome
Background Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) represents a unique superphylum characterized by ultra-small cell size and symbiotic lifestyle. Although CPR bacteria have been identified in varied environm...
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
yc99.eurosky.social
also, the CPR (candidate phyla radiation or "patescibacteria") is a superphylum within bacillati
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
masarunobu.bsky.social
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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New species found in the most unexpected places
Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the<em> <a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">International Journal of Systemati...
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March 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
mkddueholm.bsky.social
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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Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyn...
In the domain Bacteria, one of the largest, most diverse and environmentally ubiquitous phylogenetic groups, Candidatus Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation/CPR), remains poorly ch...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
kuroda-kyohei.bsky.social
未知バクテリアの巨大系統群「CPR/Patescibacteria」に属し、アーキアに寄生する超微小バクテリアの培養に成功しました。
さらにそのバクテリアが属するCPRを新門Minisyncoccota門として提案しました！日本語のプレス記事もご覧ください。

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産総研：メタン生成アーキアに寄生するバクテリア
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February 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
kuroda-kyohei.bsky.social
Delighted to share our latest study on the first successful isolation of CPR bacteria parasitizing archaea! We propose taxonomic classification for a massively diverse of bacteria, including the novel phylum Minisyncoccota @microbiologysociety.org

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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 Minisyn...
In the domain Bacteria, one of the largest, most diverse and environmentally ubiquitous phylogenetic groups, Candidatus Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation/CPR), remains poorly ch...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
binomicalabs.org
Newly discovered parasitic bacteria of methanogenic Archaea. Interesting stuff, another genome worth digging into.

🦠🧫 #archaeasky

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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 Minisyn...
In the domain Bacteria, one of the largest, most diverse and environmentally ubiquitous phylogenetic groups, Candidatus Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation/CPR), remains poorly ch...
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February 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
deemteam.bsky.social
A new chapter in the ICNP-SeqCode battle: Should the phylum Patescibacteria be called Minisyncoccota or Patescibacteriota? :

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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 Minisyn...
In the domain Bacteria, one of the largest, most diverse and environmentally ubiquitous phylogenetic groups, Candidatus Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation/CPR), remains poorly ch...
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February 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
How can this CPR strain make its cell membrane? Many CPR (Ca. Patescibacteria) bacteria cannot make fatty acids. If CPR bacteria form cross-domain symbiosis with archaeal hosts, then can hosts provide fatty acids enough to build symbionts' cell membrane?
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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 Minisyn...
In the domain Bacteria, one of the largest, most diverse and environmentally ubiquitous phylogenetic groups, Candidatus Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation/CPR), remains poorly ch...
doi.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
hiro-imachi.bsky.social
New bacterial phylum Minisyncoccota (formerly Ca. Patescibacteria or CPR) in the kingdom Bacillati.

Congratulations, Kuroda-san, Narihiro-san, and Nobu (@masarunobu.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 Minisyn...
In the domain Bacteria, one of the largest, most diverse and environmentally ubiquitous phylogenetic groups, Candidatus Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation/CPR), remains poorly ch...
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February 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
xabivc.bsky.social
And now a synonym under the ICNP... 🫠
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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 Minisyn...
In the domain Bacteria, one of the largest, most diverse and environmentally ubiquitous phylogenetic groups, Candidatus Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation/CPR), remains poorly ch...
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February 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
jcamthrash.bsky.social
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
February 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
tylerbarnumphd.bsky.social
Super cool - amoebae and ciliates live in close association with lots of weird, host-associated bacteria. Including CPR/Patescibacteria.
jcamthrash.bsky.social Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · Jan 2
Protists as mediators of complex microbial and viral associations www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs
January 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
luisvalentin.bsky.social
One of my favorite tools is GTDB but CPR Bacteria does not belong to Patescibacteria, this is one group within CPR.
December 20, 2024 at 6:25 AM
luisvalentin.bsky.social
Important clarification: CPR bacteria ≠ Patescibacteria. When constructing trees without relying on RED scores, it becomes evident that CPR is not a single phylum, but rather comprises multiple distinct phyla.
December 20, 2024 at 6:25 AM
gmeric.bsky.social
Fun read about Patescibacteria (or CPR): monophyletic lineage of understudied uncultivated ultrasmall (100-300nm width) bacteria that have large genomic reductions in seemingly essential metabolic functions that they compensate by living at the surface of other bacteria!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
December 15, 2024 at 12:58 AM
mkddueholm.bsky.social
Time to upgrade your 16S_rRNA V4 primers! A thanks to Parada et al. 2018 and Apprill et al. 2015. Welcome Hu et al. 2024. Greatly improved coverage for #Patescibacteria/#CPR with minimal bias on other known taxa. #MicroSky 🦠🧫 microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
December 6, 2024 at 9:48 AM
biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social
Saccharibacteria deploy two distinct Type IV pili, driving episymbiosis, host competition, and twitching motility https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.25.624915v1
Saccharibacteria deploy two distinct Type IV pili, driving episymbiosis, host competition, and twitching motility https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.25.624915v1
All cultivated Patescibacteria, or CPR, exist as obligate episymbionts on other microbes. Despite be
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November 26, 2024 at 5:19 AM