Towards a balanced view of the bacterial tree of life
Frederik SchulzEmail author, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, Robert M. Bowers, Jessica Jarett, Torben Nielsen, Natalia N. Ivanova, Nikos C. Kyrpides and Tanja WoykeEmail author
Microbiome 20175:140
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0360-9 © The Author(s). 2017
Received: 21 August 2017 Accepted: 3 October 2017 Published: 17 October 2017
Abstract
The bacterial tree of life has recently undergone significant expansion, chiefly from candidate phyla retrieved through genome-resolved metagenomics. Bypassing the need for genome availability, we present a snapshot of bacterial phylogenetic diversity based on the recovery of high-quality SSU rRNA gene sequences extracted from nearly 7000 metagenomes and all available reference genomes. We illuminate taxonomic richness within established bacterial phyla together with environmental distribution patterns, providing a revised framework for future phylogeny-driven sequencing efforts.
Keywords
Bacteria Bacterial diversity Tree of life Small subunit (SSU) rRNA Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) Microbial dark matter (MDM) Metagenomics Novel bacterial lineages
FREE PDF GRATIS: Microbiome
