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.
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Schulz, F., Eloe-Fadrosh, E. A., Bowers, R. M., Jarett, J., Nielsen, T., Ivanova, N. N., … Woyke, T. (2017). Towards a balanced view of the bacterial tree of life. Microbiome, 5(1), 140. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0360-9
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