TG3 (candidate phylum) explained

Candidate phylum TG3 (aka candidate division Termite Group 3 or Chitinivibrionia Sorokin et al. 2014)^[1] is a candidate phylum that is closely related to the phylum Fibrobacterota based on 16S rRNA gene phylogeny. Originally thought to be composed solely of sequences from termite guts, it was later found to be more widespread in nature.^[2]

Notes and References

1. NCBI: Chitinivibrionia Sorokin et al. 2014 (class, syn. candidate division TG3)
2. Hongoh Y, Deevong P, Hattori S, Inoue T, Noda S, Noparatnaraporn N, Kudo T, Ohkuma M . Phylogenetic diversity, localization, and cell morphologies of members of the candidate phylum TG3 and a subphylum in the phylum Fibrobacteres, recently discovered bacterial groups dominant in termite guts . Appl. Environ. Microbiol. . 72 . 10 . 6780–8 . October 2006 . 17021231 . 1610327 . 10.1128/AEM.00891-06 . 2006ApEnM..72.6780H .