Acidobacteriota are abundant in soil, peatlands, and sediments, but their ecology in freshwater environments remains understudied. UBA12189, an Acidobacteriota genus, is an uncultivated, genome-streamlined lineage with a small genome size found in aquatic environments where detailed genomic analyses are lacking. Here, we analyzed 66 MAGs of UBA12189 (including one complete genome) from freshwater lakes and rivers in Europe, North America, and Asia. UBA12189 has small genome sizes (<1.4 Mbp), low GC content, and a highly diverse pangenome. In freshwater lakes, this bacterial lineage is abundant from the surface waters (epilimnion) down to a 300-m depth (hypolimnion). UBA12189 appears to be free-living from CARD-FISH analysis. When compared to other genome-streamlined bacteria such as Nanopelagicales and Methylopumilus, genome reduction has caused UBA12189 to have a more limited metabolic repertoire in carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen metabolisms, limited numbers of membrane transporters, as well as a higher degree of auxotrophy for various amino acids, vitamins, and reduced sulfur. Despite having reduced genomes, UBA12189 encodes proteorhodopsin, complete biosynthesis pathways for heme and vitamin K2, cbb3-type cytochrome c oxidases, and heme-requiring enzymes. These genes may give a selective advantage during the genome streamlining process. We propose the new genus Acidiparvus, with two new species named "A. lacustris" and "A. fluvialis". Acidiparvus is the first described genome-streamlined lineage under the phylum Acidobacteriota, which is a free-living, slow-growing scavenger in freshwater environments.

Department of Aquatic Microbial Ecology Institute of Hydrobiology Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Na Sadkach 7 37005 České Budějovice Czech Republic

Department of Biogeochemistry Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Celsiusstraße 1 28359 Bremen Germany

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