Table 2 FISH probes, morphology and storage polymers of the former Tetrasphaera species.

From: The novel genus, ‘Candidatus Phosphoribacter’, previously identified as Tetrasphaera, is the dominant polyphosphate accumulating lineage in EBPR wastewater treatment plants worldwide

Target

MAG name

Probe

Morphology (µm)

Storage polymersa

Coccus (diameter)

Rods (diameter × length)

Filament (diameter × length)

Poly-P

PHA

Glycogen

midas_s_220

Actino221

0.8–0.9

+

midas_s_5 (Pbr1, Pbr2, Pbr3)

Ca. P. baldrii, Ca. P. hodrii, Pbr3

Actino658

0.4–0.7 × 1–1.7

+

midas_s_5 (Pbr4, Pbr5, Pbr6)

Pbr4, Pbr5, Pbr6

Phos741

0.4–0.7 × 1–1.7

+

midas_s_5 (Pbr2)

Ca. P. hodrii

Phos601

0.4–0.7 × 1–1.7

+

midas_s_5 (Pbr1)

Ca. P. baldrii

Phos1260-23S-Pbr1

0.4–0.7 × 1–1.7

+

midas_s_5 (Pbr2)

Ca. P. hodrii

Phos1260-23S-Pbr2

0.4–0.7 × 1–1.7

+

midas_s_45

Ca. Lutibacillus

Luti617

0.6–0.8

0.5–0.89 × 2–4

+

midas_s_299, midas_s_328, midas_s_1378

Tetra732

0.5–0.6 × 1.1–1.2

1.2–1.3 × >100

+

midas_s_299, midas_s_469, T. elongata, midas_s_24955, midas_s_24809, midas_s_35051, midas_s_5540, midas_s_31199

Tetra67

0.5–0.6 × 1.1–1.2

0.6–0.7 × 20–90

+

  1. aDetected by Raman microspectroscopy.