Characterization of Congregicoccus parvus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel slow-growing ultramicrobacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobiota

• Md. Samiul Islam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1120-1863

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• Kyosuke Yamamoto,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Naoki Morita,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Wataru Kitagawa,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Isao Yumoto,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9525-3155

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• Souichiro Kato,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Ryosuke Nakai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nakai-ryosuke@aist.go.jp (RN); igarashi.kensuke@aist.go.jp (KI)

  Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Kensuke Igarashi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nakai-ryosuke@aist.go.jp (RN); igarashi.kensuke@aist.go.jp (KI)

  Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7952-7742

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