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Taxonomy: V4.3   |  16S rRNA RefSeq: V16.03   |  Genomic RefSeq: V11.03   |  Viruses: V1.2
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Porphyromonas sp. HMT-278 (HMT-0278)

Bacteria;Bacteroidota;Bacteroidia;Bacteroidales;Porphyromonadaceae;Porphyromonas sp. HMT-278

Taxon Description:
Classification:
Bracketed letters indicate
that the taxonomic name at this
level has not been established.
  • Examples:
  • C1 – First Unnamed Class
  • O1 – First Unnamed Order
  • F2 – Second Unnamed Family
  • G3 – Third Unnamed Genus
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Bacteroidia
Order: Bacteroidales
Family: Porphyromonadaceae
Genus: Porphyromonas
Species:sp. HMT-278
Bacterial Name: Porphyromonas sp. HMT-278
Naming Status: Unnamed
Cultivation Status: Cultivated
Body Site (or Source):
  [View in Body Sites Table] 		Primary: Oral (Abundance: medium)
Note: Subgingival plaque
Reason: Curator assignment and Metagenomic mapping data, HMP (Torres-Morales et al. 2026)
Type/Reference Strain:
Former Names or Synonyms:
Oral Clone BS045
Phylum: Bacteroidetes
16S rRNA RefSeq Tree: View Taxon in RefSeq Tree
16S rRNA Reference Sequences:
     RefSeq-ID(s)
HMT-278_16S004135 Show Sequence
HMT-278_16S005828 Show Sequence

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species/MarkWelch2016_Fig4B_256_ForCoryne_Porph_Strep_Aggr.png A cluster of Corynebacterium (magenta) topped by corncob structures composed of Streptococcus (green), Porphyromonas (blue), and Pasteurellaceae (orange). From Mark Welch et al. 2016
Number of
Genome Sequences:		 4 Open Genomes in Table
Pangenome(s): No Pangenomes Available.
Microbial Ecology: Abundance/Prevalence
Proteomics:
NCBI Taxon ID: 836 [Link to NCBI]
LPSN.dsmz.de: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/Porphyromonas
PubMed Searches: Status: Unnamed
Phylogenetic Trees:
Genome Tree
Ribosomal Protein Tree
16S rRNA Gene Tree