New Bacteria Add 35+ Phyla to the Tree of Life (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

New Bacteria Add 35+ Phyla to the Tree of Life

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The new groups of bacteria (CPR) greatly expand the known and characterized phyla (top). These and previously reported new groups of Archaea (DSPANN) show that the Tree of Life is oversimplified.

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