{
  "id": 7956436,
  "title": "A Saccharimonadia epibiont interacts with the polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium Candidatus Phosphoribacter in wastewater treatment plants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/a-saccharimonadia-epibiont-interacts-with-the-polyphosphate",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.751625v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Many Patescibacteria lineages are abundant in wastewater treatment plants, yet their interaction partners and ecological roles remain poorly understood. Here, we identify a specific association between a novel Saccharimonadia genus, Candidatus Lutisaccharimonas, and the widespread polyphosphate-accumulating organism (PAO) Candidatus Phosphoribacter. Fluorescence in situ hybridization revealed…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}